Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Liadov - Eight Russian Folksongs 57

Liadov - Eight Russian Folksongs
Anatoly Liadov (1855 - 1914) There was a Russian composer and pianist. Playing in his family, his father was a born leader. He is a professor of St. Petersburg conservatory, where he studied and then taught others, including Sergei Prokofiev.

He studied composition with Rimsky-Korsakov, but for the absence, and was expelled, only to be readmitted later. Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky, and the five friends he knew and the rest share their music with an interest in Russian folksong, legend and history-based.

Liadov and temperament or inclination to make any big job. During this time he made the effort to complete. His talent with the instrument was small, his piano compositions, many of the miniatures. He wrote the majority of the orchestra work was a short tone poem. He was a master of counterpoint, and a brilliant orchestrator, but his writing was very slow and methodical process.

Eight Russian Folksongs opus 58, written in 1906 and is the true form of the composition of his nature. It will take about 15 minutes, eight songs to play. The orchestration and the talent show with his inventiveness. This eight-piece setting, use the skills that you may be surprised that he has not confirmed if he will be more ambitious.


The Eight Songs are:

  1. Religious Chant. Moderato
  2. Christmas Carol 'Kolyada'. Allegretto
  3. Plaintive Song. Andante
  4. Humorous Song 'I Danced With The Gnat'./Allegretto
  5. Legend Of The Birds. Allegretto
  6. Cradle Song. Moderato
  7. Round Dance. Allegro
  8. Village Dance Song. Vivo
Liadov's Eight Russian Folksongs for orchestra: