Weinberg's music, which includes 26 symphonies and 17 string quartets, has gained increasing recognition and recordings since his death in 1996.
Composition History
The suite 'Polish Melodies' is the second of four pieces by Weinberg, Op. 47, and was first performed in Moscow on December 13, 1950.
Performer Biography
Yuri Medianik, the artistic director and chief conductor of the Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra, is a multi-instrumentalist (violin, bayan, bandoneon) and laureate of five international competitions.
Performer Biography
The Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra, a Siberian cultural institution, started in 2015 and is one of Russia's youngest symphony orchestras.
Composer Biography
Weinberg was imprisoned for alleged 'Jewish subversion' and was only freed after the death of Stalin in 1953.
Composer Biography
Mieczysław Weinberg, born in Warsaw, fled to Minsk and then Tashkent after the Nazi invasion, eventually settling in Moscow in 1943.
Historical Context
'Polish Melodies' is described as well-crafted light music, typical of what Soviet composers produced in the final years of Stalin's reign.
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