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Vasilenko Trumpet Concerto Pdf Vasilenko trumpet concerto pdf Continue This CD is a real treat - a small box of absolute delights with bright power to surprise. The first and longest work on the disc is from the composer who the booklet notes say is not even listed in any musical lexicon. This is incomprehensible, especially after hearing this concert. It's one of those tracks that fool you into thinking you've heard it before when it's clear that you can't have it as it's recording a world premiere. Ilya Shakhov, a violin student at the Moscow Conservatory, volunteered at the age of 16 to help protect the capital when World War II came to its gates. He didn't start composing until after the war. This concert dates back to 1955 and is an important and valuable contribution to the Soviet trumpet repertoire. The concert is replete with beautiful joyful themes, and the main melody is especially magnificent. Romantic is definitely the right description for this concert. The soloist participates from the beginning. Reinhold Friedrich has a surprisingly rich and clear tone, and every note is correct. The next work is by far the most famous of all the works for the trumpet that were written in Soviet times. The name of the disc really had to be Soviet trumpet concerts, as Harutyunyan, who died this year just six months before his 92nd birthday, was an Armenian born in Yerevan in September 1920. This concert was to be written in 1943 for the main trumpet of the Yerevan Philharmonic Orchestra, but he died during the war. The work was completed only in 1950 and the premiere was made by Aikaz Messlan, although it was Timothy Doxitzer who brought it to the world's attention. He has since become a firm favorite. From the very beginning, he uses traditional folk melodies from his native land, giving an attractive oriental flavor. Harutyunyan clearly preferred the trumpet as a solo instrument and composed several works for it. Oskar Boeme was another composer whose attachment to the trumpet led to several works for the instrument, including the only known concerto for trumpet and orchestra, which was written in the romantic period. This work helped to establish his career in his adopted country of Russia, to which he emigrated in 1897 from his native Germany. His short work La Napolitaine, a tarantella written in 1900, is full of abundance and joie de vivre. He became extremely popular with his evocation of southern Italy through his hint of folk dance. The concert of Sergei Vasilenko subtitled Concert-Poem is a very attractive work, which became another valuable addition to the Soviet trumpet repertoire. Written in 1945, his three movements contain rich themes that emphasize the gentle side of the pipe. Vasilenko's other music about Toccata and Marco Polo was reviewed on Musicweb. As the founder of the Russian Organ School, Alexander Godik wrote (see review of the concert), including this very virtuoso piece. It requires a lot of double tonguing, a challenge for any trumpeter, but which Reinhold Friedrich finds no problem at all. The Goedicke Piano and Orchestra concert was shown at the beginning of hyperion's romantic piano concerto. This is an interesting disc, which is rarely heard repertoire and played by a real lion trumpet. Its sound is absolutely pure, presenting these works in their best light. It is complemented by a large orchestra, which perfectly serves its soloist. Steve Arloff This article has a few problems. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the discussion page. (Learn how and when to delete these message templates) This article needs additional quotes to verify. Please help improve this article by adding quotes to reliable sources. Non-sources of materials can be challenged and removed. Find sources: Sergey Vasilenko - Newspaper News book scientist JSTOR (February 2020) (Learn how and when to delete this template message) This article contains a list of links related to reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because there are no links. Please help improve this article by entering more accurate quotes. (February 2020) (Learn how and when to delete this template message) (Learn how and when to delete this message template) Sergey VasilenkoBornic (1872-03-18)18 March 1872Moscommoduk 11 March 1956 (1956-03-11) (age 83)MoscowAlma materImperial Moscow University (1896)Occupation-Compozer, conductor Sergei Nikiforovich Vasilenko (Russian: Sergei, Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko; March 30, 1872-March 11, 1956) was a Russian and Soviet composer and music teacher whose works showed a strong tendency towards mysticism. Vasilenko was born in Moscow and first studied law at Moscow University, but then changed direction and studied at the Moscow Conservatory from 1896 to 1901 in studied with Sergei Taneyev and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. From 1903 to 1904 he was the conductor of a private opera house in Moscow. For several years he was the organizer and conductor of historical concerts of the Russian Music Society. He then became a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, where his students were Aram Khachaturian, Nikolai Roslavets, Nikolai Rakov and Aarre Menicantto. See: List of students-musicology from the teacher: from T to I Sergey Vasilenko. Vasilenko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, as well as the title of Distinguished Worker of The Arts. In 1947 he was awarded the Stalin Prize. He died in Moscow in 1956. Selected works opera Skazaniye o class velikom Kitezhe i tikhom ozere Svetoyare (The Tale of the Great City of Kitezh and the Pacific Lake Svetoyar) (1902; original cantata, Op. 5) Solntsa's Dream (Son of the Sun), 63 (1929) Christopher Columbus (Christopher Columbus), Op. 80 (1933) Buran (SnowStorm), Op. 98 (1939) Great Canal (Great Canal), Op. 101 (1939) Suvorov, Op. 102 (1942) Ballet in the Sun, Op. 17 (1925-26) Noya, Op. 42 (1923) Joseph Beautiful, Op. 50 (1925) Lola, Op. 52 (1926) Gypsy, Op. 90 (1936; after Alexander Pushkin) Frog Princess, Op. 103 (1941) Mirandolina Choral Canta The Legend of the Great City of Kitezh and Silent Lake Svetoyar, Op, 5 (later turned into an opera that foresaw the work of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov on the same theme) Cantata for the 20th anniversary of the October Revolution, Op. 92 (1937) Accidental music by Euripides Alcestis (written as a schoolboy) other works Orchestral Three Bloody Battles , Op. 1 (1900) Epic Poem, Op. 4 (1900-03) Symphony No. 1 in Minor, Op. 10 (1904-06) Garden of Death , symphonic poem after Oscar Wilde, Op. 13 (1907-08) Sappho, symphonic poem, Op. 14 (1909) Flight of the Witches, Symphonic Poem, Op. 15 (1908-09) Au Soleil, Symphonic Poem, Op. 17 Fantastic Waltz, Op. 18 (1912) Symphony No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 Suite on Lute Music 14-17 Centuries, Op. 24 (1914) 18th Century French Themes Suite, Op. 27 (1914) Exotic Suite, Op. 29 (1915--1915-1915-16) Indian Luxury, Op. 42bis Chinese Luxury, No. 1, Op. 60 (1928) Turkmen Suite, Op. 68 (1931) Chinese Suite, No. 2, Op. 70 (1931) Carousel, 8 Soviet Dances, op. 73 (1932) Soviet East, Suite, Op. 75 (1932) Red Army Rhapsody, Op. 77 (1932) music to the film by Boris Barnett Okraina (1933) Slavonic Rhapsody (1937) Concertotic Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 25 (1910-13) Concerto for Symphony Orchestra and Brass Orchestra (1928) Suite on Russian folk themes, balalaika and accordion (1928) Concerto for trumpet and orchestra Op. 113 Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 128 Chamber String quartet in A, Op. 3 (c. 1901) Sonata In C minor for viola and piano, Op. 46 (1923); violin and piano version (1955) String quartet in E minor, Op. 58 (c. 1928) quartet on Turkmen themes, for flute, oboe (English horn), clarinet, bassoon and percussion ad lib., Op. 65 (1932) Piano trio in A, Op. 74 (1932) Japanese suite for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, xylophone and piano, Op. 66a (1938) Chinese Sketches, Wooden Wind, Op. 78 (1938) Quartet on American Themes, Wooden Wind, Op. 79 (1938) Military Band March of the Red Army, Op. 64 (1929) Fantasy on Revolutionary Songs of the West, Op. 71 (1931) Other Songs (1931) Other Songs (1931) including maori settings, sinalese, Indian and Japanese melodies) folk arrangements (including Negro and Turkmen melodies) piano pieces Recordings by Sergei Vasilenko: Viola and Piano Music (Full) - Viola Sonata, Op. 46 / Lullaby / 4 pieces on the theme of Lute Music 16-1 7th century , Op. 35 / Sleeping River / Oriental Dance, Op. 47 / Suite zodiakus I.A.S, Op. 27 / 4 Pieces (1953) - Elena Artamonova and Nicholas Walker (piano). Toccata Classics TOCC0127, released in 2011 by the Russian Compound - Hexagle Ensemble. Etcetera Records KTC1246, released in 2001 - includes Sergei Vasilenko: the quartet on Turkmen themes Op.65 Sources of the Imperial Moscow University: 1755-1917: Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow: Russian Political Encyclopedia (ROSSPEN). A.Andreev, D. Tsygankov. 2010. 114-115. ISBN 978-5-8243-1429-8. A. Eaglefield Hull (ed), Dictionary of Contemporary Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924) Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th. (1954) External References Brief Biography and a list of works Free scores by Sergei Vasilenko in the International Music Project of the Library (IMSLP) by Sergei Vasilenko on IMDb extracted from the Download... /item/detail/S/Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra/7946346 Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra S - Al Weissman Music Pub Inc. Concert for trumpeters and orchestra VASILENCO, S - Al Weissman Music Pub Inc. Vasilenko, Sergey Nikiforovich. Published by Al Weissman Music, Highland Park, New Jersey. Copyright 1990. Written in 1945 by Russian composer Vasilenko and recorded by Timothy Kokshizer. A wonderful composition that is once again available to everyone. Re-release of the edition.
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