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Sympho-Suite "Master and Margarita" based on the novel of the same name by M. Bulgakov for two solo violins, piano, children's and youth choir, orchestra and actors (2019). Part I
The composition “Master and Margarita” combines two genres of equal size: Suite, as the external form of the work that is responsible for the material world, and Requiem, as the form of the higher spiritual order, which is internally hidden in it. Requiem is a parallel existing reality of the Master’s novel about Pontius Pilate and Yeshua, which finds a direct connection with the everyday life of the writer, and along with our modernity. This is the so-called "novel in a novel" by Bulgakov-Master. The problems and questions raised here are eternal.
Programme note:
"The introduction corresponds to the appearance of two men at the Patriarch's Ponds. The first man was M. Berlioz, editor of a literary magazine and chairman of the board of one of Moscow's largest literary associations and his young companion was the poet Bezdomny.
It is accompanied by a surreal atmosphere of apprehension and a frightening hallucination of Berlioz.
With the introduction of the first, and then the second solo violins, the exposition begins, in which there takes place a self-forgetful conversation of writers, the pompous speeches of Berlioz sounds comical - they are full of conviction, but superficial and false, leading to collapse, which emphasizes the piano part, persistently discording in the background of the main theme.
During the apogee of Berlioz’s conclusions, Woland emerges (from afar we hear his even tread with the timpani and tom-tom, steadily approaching like an inevitable fate), the conversation is interrupted by a bass clarinet part.
In the middle part between Woland and writers there is a well-known dialogue - the music is charismatic, with increasing brightness and character.
Then, the running of time is felt in it and a Requiem unfolds over everything. Three parts of Requiem aeternam, Kyrie eleison and Dies irae succeed each other one after another. At the end of the Dies irae, in the final part of the Suite, the death of Berlioz takes place - thus, the combination and interconnection of historical periods and events is achieved: Berlioz, chairman of the main literary association, the largest figure of his time, directly influencing public opinion, promoting materialism, egocentrism and lack of spirituality, as a result, deservedly loses his life. At the same time, prayers and appeals to conscience, righteous anger at the sight of cruelty, trampling on the sanctity and cowardice of the society that sent Christ to execution, are heard in Requiem".
Recorded by the Symphony Orchestra and Choral Chapel "Moldova" of the Public Company "Teleradio-Moldova".
Composer: Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha
Orchestra Conductor: Denis Ceausov
Choir Conductor: Gabriela Tocari
Sound Director: Anatol Lupu
Mastering: Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha
- Genre
- Classical