Frédéric Sarter (Peredovitch)Dec 2, 2022
So many hidden gems of late #romantic / #postromantic #music somehow failed to make it into the #canon or cross national borders, yet are so instantly satisfying that they would surely capture the 💕 of large audiences, if only they were given a chance to be heard more often (or at all) in the concert hall. Case in point No.1: the #symphonic #poem "Līgo" by #Latvian #composer Jāzeps Vītols (1889), a glorious evocation of #Latvia's summer solstice holiday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-oESPVRXpk
#classicalmusic
Jāzeps Vītols - Līgo, symphonic poem, Op.4 (1889)

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Case in point No.2: Vasily Kalinnikov's #Symphony No.1 (composed in 1894-1895, first published in 1900), a superb, radiant, enrapturing piece, filled to the brim with irresistible #melodic themes and bewitching ostinatos - here by the London Symphony #Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xnaaSMJq18
#classicalmusic #musiqueclassique #lateromantic #postromantic
Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vänskä (2014)

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Show threadFrédéric Sarter (Peredovitch)Dec 2, 2022
So, I wonder (and kinda want to try Mastodon's #survey feature 🙃), which of the two would you rather go to for sheer #melodic #bliss? 😇
#classicalmusic #musiqueclassique
Jāzeps Vītols, "Līgo"
66.7%
Vasily Kalinnikov, Symphony No.1
33.3%
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