붓꽃 독백 - <Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C major>

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY - Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48

Performed by Metamorphose String Orchestra (Minsk, Belarus)
Conducted by Pavel Lyubomudrov
(Live Recording)

I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina
II. Valse
III. Elegia
IV. Finale

ABOUT THE SERENADE
Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings was composed in 1880 and given a private performance

at the Moscow Conservatory on 3 December 1880. Its first public performance was in St

Petersburg on 30 October 1881 under Eduard Napravnik. Tchaikovsky intended the first

movement to be an imitation of Mozart's style, and it was based on the form of the classical

sonatina, with a slow introduction. The stirring 36-bar Andante introduction is marked "sempre marcatissimo" and littered with double-stopping in the violins and violas, forming towering

chordal structures. This introduction is re-stated at the end of the movement, and then

reappears, transformed, in the coda of the fourth movement, tying the entire work together.

On the second page of the score, Tchaikovsky wrote, "The larger number of players in the

string orchestra, the more this shall be in accordance with the author's wishes."

ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA
Founded in 2015 by conductor Pavel Lyubomudrov, a graduate of the St. Petersburg State

Conservatory, the Metamorphose String Orchestra is a member of the prestigious Belarusian Union of Musician. Since its inception, the Orchestra has played more than 20 concerts in

Minsk, all met with great critical acclaim. With its constantly-changing repertoire, the Orchestra proves true to their name – experimentation is in their DNA. Special emphasis is put on

Belarusian and Russian composers. The Orchestra’s repertoire currently includes works by

Prokofiev (“Romeo and Juliet”) and Tchaikovsky (“The Nutcracker”, “Suite for Strings Op. 48”), as well as pillars of the classical repertoire such as Beethoven’s “Heroic” Symphony, Grieg’s “Holberg Suite”, Bizet’s “Carmen”, Haydn’s “Seven Words of the Savior on the Cross” and

Britten’s “Symple Symphony”. In 2016, the Orchestra premiered the works of A. Litvinovsky

(“Le Grand Cahier”, for the stage production of the same name) and A. Pozharitsky.

Throughout its life, the Orchestra has performed with prominent musicians and collaborated

with important personalities of the Belarusian artistic community, such as O. Podov (Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus, Concertmaster of the State Chamber and the State

Academic Symphony Orchestra) and Yulia Stefanovich (Honoured Artist of the Republic of

Belarus). The Orchestra has also shared stages with flautist Maria Fedotova (Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg), cellist Mikael Samsonov (Belarus-Germany), oboist Juan Manuel Garcia-

Cano (Spain) and pianist Stanislav Soloviev, just to mention a few. In 2016, the Orchestra

recorded their first album, Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”, in the unique acoustics of the church of

St. Roch. The same year, they performed at summer festival "KolerFest" (held at the Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Life), and were invited to perform at the concert of

American metal band Manowar in Minsk, proving once again their versatility, creativity, and

talent.