Symphony No. 1 In G Minor Iv. Finale Allegro Moderato - Music

Symphony No. 1 In G Minor Iv. Finale Allegro Moderato by Василий Сергеевич Калинников

Василий Сергеевич Калинников

Artist Biography For Василий Сергеевич Калинников

Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov Russian Василий Сергеевич Калинников January 13 O.S. January 1 1866 – January 11 1901 O.S. December 29 1900 Was A Russian Composer Of Two Symphonies Several Additional Orchestral Works And Numerous Songs All Of Them Imbued With Characteristics Of Folksong. His Symphonies Particularly The First Were Frequently Performed In The Early 20th Century. His Younger Brother Viktor Kalinnikov 1870-1927 Was Also A Composer Mainly Of Choral Music. Biography Kalinnikov Was A Policeman's Son. He Studied At The Seminary At Oryol Becoming Director Of The Choir There At Fourteen. Later He Went To The Moscow Conservatory But Could Not Afford The Tuition Fees. On A Scholarship He Went To The Moscow Philharmonic Society School Where He Received Bassoon And Composition Lessons From Alexander Ilyinsky. He Played Bassoon Timpani And Violin In Theater Orchestras And Supplemented His Income Working As A Music Copyist. In 1892 Tchaikovsky Recommended Kalinnikov To Be The Director Of The Maly Theater And Later That Same Year To The Moscow Italian Theater. However Due To His Worsening Tuberculosis Kalinnikov Had To Resign From His Theater Appointments And Move To The Warmer Southern Clime Of The Crimea. He Lived There At Yalta For The Rest Of His Life And It Was There That He Wrote The Main Part Of His Music Including His Two Symphonies And The Incidental Music For Alexey Tolstoy's Tsar Boris. Exhausted He Died Of Tuberculosis On January 11 1901 Just Before His 35th Birthday. Thanks To Sergei Rachmaninoff's Help Tchaikovsky's Publisher Pyotr Jurgensen Bought Three Kalinnikov Songs For 120 Rubles And Later The Symphony No. 2 In A Major. The Symphony No. 1 In G Minor Which Uses Some Cyclic Principles Was Performed In Berlin Vienna And Moscow During His Lifetime But Not Published Until After His Death So Jurgensen Increased The Fees He Would Have Paid Kalinnikov And Paid Them To His Widow. He Was Also Survived By A Brother Viktor Who Composed Choral Music And Taught At The Philharmonic School. He Is Most Well Known For His First Symphony Written Between 1894 And 1895 Whose Themes Are Characteristic Of Russian Music. In Russia His First Symphony Remains In The Repertory And His Place In Musical History There Is Secure Spencer 2001 . On November 7 1943 Arturo Toscanini Conducted The NBC Symphony Orchestra In A Rare Broadcast Performance Of The First Symphony Although The Performance Was Recorded It Was Never Commercially Released By RCA Victor But Has Recently Appeared On Relief CR 1886 Anon. N.D. B 15 .
Works Opera
In 1812 В 1812 Году 1899–1900 Incomplete
Orchestral
Fugue In D Minor 1889 Nymphs Нимфы Symphonic Picture After Ivan Turgenev 1889 Serenade Серенада In G Minor For String Orchestra 1891 Suite Сюита 1891–1892 Bylina Былина Эпическая Поэма Epic Poem Overture C. 1892 Overture In D Minor 1894 Symphony No. 1 In G Minor 1894–1895 Symphony No. 2 In A Major 1895–1897 Intermezzo No. 1 Интермеццо 1 In F♯ Minor 1896 Intermezzo No. 2 Интермеццо 2 In G Major 1897 The Ceder And The Palm Кедр И Пальма Le Cèdre Et Le Palmier Symphonic Picture After Heinrich Heine 1897–1898 Tsar Boris Царь Борис Incidental Music To The Tragedy By Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy 1898 Piano
Moderato In E Minor
Polonaise On A Theme From Symphony No. 1 Полонез На Темы Симфонии 1 In B Major For Piano 4-Hands
Scherzo In F Major 1888–1889 Chanson Triste Грустная Песенка In G Minor 1892–1893 Nocturne Ноктюрн In F♯ Minor 1892–1893 Élégie Элегия In B Minor 1894 Minuet Менуэт In E Major 1894 Russian Intermezzo Русское Интермеццо In F Minor 1894 Waltz Вальс In A Major 1894 Vocal
Come To Me Приди Ко Мне For Soprano Alto Baritone And Piano Words By Aleksey Koltsov
I Am Yours My Darling Я Ли Тебя Моя Радость For Voice And Piano Words By Heinrich Heine
I Would Like To Make My Songs Into Wonderful Flowers Я Желал Бы Своей Песней For Voice And Piano Words By Heinrich Heine
On The Old Burial Mound На Старом Кургане For Voice And Piano 1887 Words By Ivan Savvich Nikitin
On Your Lovely Little Shoulder Dear На Чудное Плечико Милой An Liebchens Schneeweisse Schulter For Voice And Piano 1887 Words By Heinrich Heine In Translation By Vasily Pavlovich Fyodorov 1883–1942 When Life Is Weighed Down With Suffering Когда Жизнь Гнетут Страданья И Муки For Voice And Piano 1887 Words By Polivanov
16 Musical Letters 16 Музыкальных Писем For Voice And Piano 1892–1899 Bright Stars Звёзды Ясные For Voice And Piano 1894 Words By Konstantin Fofanov
The Gentle Stars Shone Down On Us Нам Звёзды Кроткие Мерцали For Voice And Piano 1894 Words By Aleksey Pleshcheyev
There Was An Old King Был Старый Король For Voice And Piano 1894 Words By Heinrich Heine In Translation By Aleksey Pleshcheyev
A Present For 1 January 1900 For Voice And Piano 1899 Bells Колокола For Voice And Piano 1900 Words By K. R.
Prayer Молитва "О Боже Мой" For Voice And Piano 1900 Words By Aleksey Pleshcheyev
Do Not Ask Why I Smile In Thought Не Спрашивай Зачем... For Voice And Piano 1901 Words By Alexander Pushkin
Choral
The Triumph Of Lilliput For Chorus And Piano
Cherubic Hymn No. 1 Херувимская Песнь 1 For Chorus 1885 Cherubic Hymn No. 2 Херувимская Песнь 2 For Chorus 1886 The Mountain Tops Горные Вершины For Chorus 1887 Christe Eleison For Chorus 1889 Lord Our Lord For Chorus 1889 Ioann Damaskin Иоанн Дамаскин Cantata For Soloists Chorus And Orchestra 1890 Words By Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
A Beautiful Girl Sits By The Sea Баллада Над Морем Красавица Дева Сидит Ballade For Female Chorus And Orchestra 1894 Words By Mikhail Lermontov