Name: FINALE TO SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN G MINOR (KALINNIKOV)
Duration: 7 min 34 s
Channel: Vasily Kalinnikov - 1894 & 1895
Description: Free MP3 download. THE FINALE TO RUSSIAN COMPOSER VASILY KALINNIKOV'S 1ST SYMPHONY, WRITTEN IN 1895. PERFORMED DURING MY LAST YEAR IN THE AIR FORCE, AS A MEMBER OF THE USAF BAND OF THE GOLDEN WEST. KALINNIKOV DIED PREMATURELY AT AGE 35. THIS IS HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK.

FINALE TO SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN G MINOR (KALINNIKOV)

Symphonic Band Performances

Playlist

Comment Share

Free download

THE FINALE TO RUSSIAN COMPOSER VASILY KALINNIKOV'S 1ST SYMPHONY, WRITTEN IN 1895. PERFORMED DURING MY LAST YEAR IN THE AIR FORCE, AS A MEMBER OF THE USAF BAND OF THE GOLDEN WEST. KALINNIKOV DIED PREMATURELY AT AGE 35. THIS IS HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK.

highschool bands jazz bands college bands all region bands community bands concert bands honor bands interlochen arts academy marching bands national music camp tmea all state bands university bands

Symphonic Band Performances

Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi

Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.

Song Info

Genre

Classical • Ensembles

Charts

Peak #20

Peak in subgenre #2

Author

Vasily Kalinnikov - 1894 & 1895

Rights

public domain

Uploaded

October 31, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 10.4 MB • 192 kbps • 7:34

Story behind the song

This is performed by the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West from Travis AFB, California. I played in this band as a member of the Air Force Reserves, my final two years of enlistment.

Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (January 13, 1866 to January 11, 1901) 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. In recent years his fame has diminished but the symphonies are available in recordings.

The relative fame of Kalinnikov is due largely to his first Symphony in G minor, written between 1894 and 1895, whose themes are characteristic of Russian music. The symphony, dedicated to Kalinnikov's teacher S.N. Kruglikov, was given its premiere in Kiev at a Russian Music Society concert conducted by Vinogradsky. The audience loved the work, requesting and receiving repeat performances of the work's two middle movements. Further successful performances followed soon all over Europe, including Vienna, Paris, London, and Berlin.

The reception the work enjoyed is not hard to understand. Kalinnikov loads his symphony with memorable melodies, he develops them with great skill, and his fluent and colorful orchestration calls Tchaikovsky to mind. The arresting theme with which the work opens is evocative of Russian folk song. Later in the Allegro moderato first movement, a broad second theme emerges in the strings, with decorations provided by the woodwinds. The fluently contrapuntal development section reminds the listener that Kalinnikov had practiced polyphonic writing in a series of fugues composed in the 1880s. The lyrical and melancholy second movement, Andante commodamente, is highlighted by a rich main theme in the oboe over pizzicato strings. Russian folk song is once again called to mind in the swaggering theme of the Scherzo third movement; the more restrained middle section featuring another folksy melody over a drone. The rousing Finale comes complete with reminders of some of the themes heard earlier in the work; the extroverted main theme interacts with some of those earlier tunes, leading to a powerful and triumphant conclusion.