Alfreds Kalnins. Moments Musicaux

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Release Date: 19th Oct 2018
Catalogue No: LMIC069
Label: SKANI
Length: 51 minutes

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Kalniņš, A: Sept morceaux

Work length17:39

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Toms Ostrovskis

I. Auprès du tombeau d'un ami (À la mémoire d'Emile Darsine) [Andantino, Mesto]

Track length3:08

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II. Feuillet d'album (À monsieur Augusts Dombrovskis) [Con brio, Jubiloso]

Track length1:23

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III. Soir d'automne (À monsieur Alexandre Sprenk-Laete) [Lugubre]

Track length3:21

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IV. Moment musicaux (Allegretto)

Track length1:33

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V. Moment musicaux (Moderato, Semplice)

Track length2:12

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VI. Moment musicaux (Allegro moderato)

Track length1:09

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VII. Moment musicaux (Allegro maestoso)

Track length4:53

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Kalniņš, A: Sept poèmes

Work length19:55

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Toms Ostrovskis

I. Allegretto in D Major

Track length1:45

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II. Agitato ed appassionato in B Minor

Track length2:08

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III. Andantino in G-Flat Major

Track length3:29

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IV. In modo di valse lente in F-Sharp Minor

Track length4:00

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V. Tranquillo in F-Sharp Major

Track length3:51

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VI. Moderato in C-Sharp Minor

Track length2:32

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VII. Leggiadro in A-Flat Major

Track length2:10

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Kalniņš, A: Four Capriccietti

Work length9:05

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Toms Ostrovskis

I. Vivo

Track length1:40

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II. Piacevole

Track length2:21

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III. Allegretto

Track length2:39

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IV. Allegro moderato, ma risoluto

Track length2:25

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Kalniņš, A: Three Small Pieces for the Album "For the Youth"

Work length5:15

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Toms Ostrovskis

I. Little Song (Allegretto semplice)

Track length1:29

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II. At a Brook (Presto)

Track length0:43

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III. The Old Kokle Player (Andantino)

Track length3:03

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In this 2018 studio recording prize-winning Latvian pianist Toms Ostrovskis features never before released works by a late romantic Latvian composer, organist, pianist and conductor Alfreds Kalnins (1879-1951). The album features 4 lyrical piano cycles by Kalnins who has written over 900 pieces during his lifetime: 7 morceaux (1913-1915); 7 poemes (1917); 4 Capriccietti (1946-1949) and 3 Small Pieces for the Album "For the Youth" (1949). This album is dedicated to the Centenary of Latvian state.

Alfreds Kalnins (1879-1951) was born and educated in Cesis, Riga and Saint Petersburg, he worked at the St. Nicholas Church in Pärnu (1903?1911) and the St. Anna Church in Liepaja (1911?1915), spent the war in Tartu (1915?1918), and then resided in Riga (1919?1927), working as the Arts Department Director of the Ministry of Education and acting as the chief conductor of the 6th National Song and Dance Festival (1926). He spent six years in New York as a choir conductor, freelance musician and teacher, returning to Riga in 1933 as a composer and organist and serving as the rector of the Latvian National Conservatory from 1944 to 1948.

Toms Ostrovskis graduated Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA) in 2002 and continued his studies on full scholarship at Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Ronan O'Hora, where he obtained Master of Music in Performance Degree and an Advanced Instrumental Studies Diploma; from 2005 to 2007 he was a fellowship student and worked on his doctoral thesis, analysing advanced methods of piano teaching. He has appeared with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Bucharest Radio Orchestra, Sidcup Symphony Orchestra, St. John's Chamber Orchestra, and other collectives. He was a finalist of European Broadcasting Union Radio Competition "New Talent" (Bucharest) and Guildhall Gold Medal Competition (London), prizewinner of International Jazeps Vitols Piano Competition (Latvia), recipient of Myra Hess Awards and Yamaha - Kemble UK Scholarship Award. Since 2007 Toms Ostrovskis has been a member of the Piano Department of JVLMA. He has lead masterclasses in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Great Britain and other countries, and frequently participates in various solo and chamber music projects in Latvia and abroad. Since 2018 he is the Head of Performing Arts Department at JVLMA.

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