The second movement of Ernest Sauter's 'Musique Romantique' is a set of variations on a Russian children's song from Arensky's collection.
Compositional Technique
Anton Arensky's Quartet Op. 35 is scored for an unusual combination of violin, viola, and two cellos, creating a darker, mournful sound.
Compositional Technique
The first movement of Arensky's Quartet Op. 35 incorporates a psalm theme from Russian Orthodox church singing as a cantus firmus.
Compositional Technique
The second movement of Arensky's Quartet Op. 35 features seven variations on Tchaikovsky's children's song 'When Jesus Christ was still a child'.
Composition History
Anton Arensky dedicated his Quartet Op. 35 to the memory of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, giving it the special significance of a requiem.
Composition History
Ernest Sauter's 'Musique Romantique' was composed to commemorate the centenary of Anton Arensky's death and shares the same unusual instrumentation as Arensky's Quartet Op. 35.
Composition History
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky himself arranged the second movement of his String Quartet No. 1 for solo cello and string accompaniment in 1888, likely for his friend, cellist Anatoly Brandukov.
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