Pranav Ranjit | Dora Pejačević - Violin Sonata op. 43 "Slavic" (Score Video) @towardthesea_ | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Andrej Bielow, violin
Oliver Triendl, piano
00:00 I. Allegro con fuoco
06:14 II. Adagio
11:53 III. Allegro molto vivace
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) was a Croatian composer, considered one of the founders of modern Croatian classical music. You can find much more about Pejačević's short yet colorful life on my blog: unknowncomposers.org/2019/05/18/dora-pejacevic-the-matriarch-of-croatian-composers
The "Slavic" or "Slavonic" sonata, written in 1917 and dedicated to violinist Zlatko Baloković, is one of Pejačević's finest works, one that I believe belongs in the violin standard repertoire. The intense writing for both instruments, unexpected harmonic shifts, and rhythmic groove of the final movement are hard to resist!
Andrej Bielow, violin
Oliver Triendl, piano
00:00 I. Allegro con fuoco
06:14 II. Adagio
11:53 III. Allegro molto vivace
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) was a Croatian composer, considered one of the founders of modern Croatian classical music. You can find much more about Pejačević's short yet colorful life on my blog: unknowncomposers.org/2019/05/18/dora-pejacevic-the-matriarch-of-croatian-composers
The "Slavic" or "Slavonic" sonata, written in 1917 and dedicated to violinist Zlatko Baloković, is one of Pejačević's finest works, one that I believe belongs in the violin standard repertoire. The intense writing for both instruments, unexpected harmonic shifts, and rhythmic groove of the final movement are hard to resist!
![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.")
