Suite in Old Style
Suite in Old Style ‘The Court Jester Amareu’
Solo viola, string quintet (or string ensemble) and
harpsichord
Duration: 17’
2006
First performance: 21st January, 2007, Homecoming
Festival, Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow Conservatoire.
Maxim Rysanov- solo viola; Homecoming Ensemble-
Boris Brovtsyn, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Kristine
Blaumane
Prelude: Fanfare from the balconies
and back from the hunting
Through mirrored
corridors
The rose garden by moonlight
Riddle
of the barrel organ player
Postlude: Hunting and
finale
Written as homage to Rameau (Amareu
being the anagram of Rameau), this suite presents
glimpses from everyday life at an 18th century
aristocratic household: hunting, courting in the
gardens, dancing and entertaining in opulent
surroundings.
* Visit www.youtube.com for video
performance from Utrech International Chamber Music
Festival.
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Tabakova- Suite in Old Style
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