Pranav Ranjit | Arthur Lourié - Emploi du temps (Score Video) @towardthesea_ | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Translated into English as "The Day Pattern"
Marie-Catherine Girod, piano
1. Этюд (Étude)
2. Прогулка (Promenade)
3. Тени (Ombres)
4. Колдовство (Sortilège)
5. Шалость (Espièglerie)
Arthur Lourié (1892-1966) was a Russian composer. Often considered the first Russian Futurist in music, Lourié befriended a number of Futurist poets including Anna Akhmatova, Nikolai Mayakovsky and Alexander Blok and was a signer of the St. Petersburg Futurist Manifesto. His early works were significantly influenced by Scriabin but also anticipated developments in later music of the 20th century, including dodecaphony and graphic notation.
After leaving Russia in 1921, Lourié befriended Igor Stravinsky, whose work he not only championed but also influenced. During this time, his work turned to a more Neoclassical idiom, and hints of his music can be found in Stravinsky's subsequent works; for instance Lourié's titanic "Concerto spirituale" for chorus, piano and orchestra of 1929 foreshadowed Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms written the following year.
After a falling out with Stravinsky in the 1930s (which undoubtedly contributed to his lack of fame today) and the 1940 German invasion of Paris, Lourié fled to the USA and settled in New York City; during his time in the US, he wrote several film scores but received almost no performances of his concert music. Lourié passed away in Princeton, New Jersey in 1966.
Score on IMSLP (not public domain in the EU) - click "The Day Pattern" on Lourié's IMSLP page: imslp.org/wiki/Category:Louri%C3%A9,_Arthur
Read more about Lourié and listen to more of his work on my Unknown Composers blog: unknowncomposers.org/2019/09/08/arthur-lourie-stravinskys-predecessor-and-a-forgotten-pioneer-of-russian-modernism
Translated into English as "The Day Pattern"
Marie-Catherine Girod, piano
1. Этюд (Étude)
2. Прогулка (Promenade)
3. Тени (Ombres)
4. Колдовство (Sortilège)
5. Шалость (Espièglerie)
Arthur Lourié (1892-1966) was a Russian composer. Often considered the first Russian Futurist in music, Lourié befriended a number of Futurist poets including Anna Akhmatova, Nikolai Mayakovsky and Alexander Blok and was a signer of the St. Petersburg Futurist Manifesto. His early works were significantly influenced by Scriabin but also anticipated developments in later music of the 20th century, including dodecaphony and graphic notation.
After leaving Russia in 1921, Lourié befriended Igor Stravinsky, whose work he not only championed but also influenced. During this time, his work turned to a more Neoclassical idiom, and hints of his music can be found in Stravinsky's subsequent works; for instance Lourié's titanic "Concerto spirituale" for chorus, piano and orchestra of 1929 foreshadowed Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms written the following year.
After a falling out with Stravinsky in the 1930s (which undoubtedly contributed to his lack of fame today) and the 1940 German invasion of Paris, Lourié fled to the USA and settled in New York City; during his time in the US, he wrote several film scores but received almost no performances of his concert music. Lourié passed away in Princeton, New Jersey in 1966.
Score on IMSLP (not public domain in the EU) - click "The Day Pattern" on Lourié's IMSLP page: imslp.org/wiki/Category:Louri%C3%A9,_Arthur
Read more about Lourié and listen to more of his work on my Unknown Composers blog: unknowncomposers.org/2019/09/08/arthur-lourie-stravinskys-predecessor-and-a-forgotten-pioneer-of-russian-modernism
![Vasily Kalinnikov - Symphony No. 2 (Score Video) [N. Järvi]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IFu1RxsVUhw/hqdefault.jpg "Vasily Kalinnikov - Symphony No. 2 (Score Video) [N. Järvi]
Performed by the Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi
00:00 I. Moderato - Allegro non troppo
10:18 II. Andante cantabile
18:25 III. Allegro scherzando
26:32 IV. Andante cantabile - Allegro vivo
Vasily Kalinnikov (1866-1901) was a Russian Romantic composer whose often colorful and energetic music drew from Russian folk melodies. For more on Kalinnikov, see my post about him on my blog: https://unknowncomposers.org/2019/03/25/special-feature-vasily-kalinnikov-the-forgotten-russian-romantic/
Written in 1897 and dedicated to the conductor Aleksandr Vinogradsky, Kalinnikovs second symphony is one of his most important works. Although I personally find the melodies of his first symphony most compelling, the second displays a mastery of form and development while retaining the exuberance and orchestral color so characteristic of his style.
Although they have begun to gain prominence in recent years, Kalinnikovs works remain rarely performed among major orchestras outside the former USSR - I hope this score video will be a small part of changing the status quo. You can find the score on Kalinnikovs IMSLP page (https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Kalinnikov,_Vasily) under Symphony No. 2 in A Major.")
