Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes Dmitri Shostakovitch / Schostakowitsch / Arr. Christiaan Janssen

Titel / Title: Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes
Herausgeber / Publisher: Baton Music
Instrumentation: Concert Band/Harmonie
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen


[EN] After completing and premiering his powerful and controversial 13th Symphony, Babi Yar, in 1962, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) spent the next year in a state of physical and creative recuperation. The only original work he wrote in 1963 was the 'Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes', a memento of his visit to Kirghizstan that year. He promised the local people he would write a piece for them, and he kept that promise. By October, his 'Overture of Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes' was completed, and on November 2, 1963, the work was premiered in Frunze (now renamed Bishkek), the capital of Kirghizstan. To symbolize the links between Russia and Kirghizstan, Shostakovich chose a Russian theme and two Kirghiz themes drawn from existing folk collections for his overture.

One movement: Moderato-Allegro non troppo-Adagio-Allegro-Presto

[DE] Nachdem er 1962 seine kraftvolle und umstrittene 13. Symphonie Babi Yar fertiggestellt und uraufgeführt hatte, verbrachte Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975) das nächste Jahr in einem Zustand der körperlichen und kreativen Erholung. Das einzige Originalwerk, das er 1963 schrieb, war die 'Ouvertüre zu russischen und kirgisischen Volksthemen', ein Andenken an seinen Besuch in Kirgisistan in diesem Jahr. Er versprach den Einheimischen, dass er einen Beitrag für sie schreiben würde, und er hielt dieses Versprechen. Im Oktober wurde seine 'Ouvertüre der russischen und kirgisischen Volksthemen' fertiggestellt, und am 2. November 1963 wurde das Werk in Frunze (heute Bishkek), der Hauptstadt Kirgisistans, uraufgeführt. Als Symbol für die Verbindungen zwischen Russland und Kirgisistan wählte Schostakowitsch für seine Ouvertüre ein russisches Thema und zwei kirgisische Themen aus bestehenden Volksbeständen.



Ein Satz: Moderato-Allegro non troppo-Adagio-Allegro-Presto


Titel / Title: Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes
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Herausgeber / Publisher: Baton Music
Instrumentation: concert band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Baton Music orchestral series


After completing and premiering his powerful and controversial 13th Symphony, Babi Yar, in 1962, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) spent the next year in a state of physical and creative recuperation. The only original work he wrote in 1963 was the 'Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes', a memento of his visit to Kirghizstan that year. He promised the local people he would write a piece for them, and he kept that promise. By October, his 'Overture of Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes' was completed, and on November 2, 1963, the work was premiered in Frunze (now renamed Bishkek), the capital of Kirghizstan. To symbolize the links between Russia and Kirghizstan, Shostakovich chose a Russian theme and two Kirghiz themes drawn from existing folk collections for his overture. The Kirghiz melodies, one heard immediately in the overture's quiet, slowtempo introduction, are 'Tryrldan' about a mythological creature and 'Op Maida', a threshers' song. The Russian theme is 'Ekh, brodyagi vy, brodyagi' (O You Tramps) from the Siberian region of Omsk. Shostakovich's vivid orchestration and dramatic flair animate this colorful but rarely heard work.