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Symphony No. 1 in A major, Op. 2, is a symphony by Borys Lyatoshynsky, written during 1918 and 1919.[1]

Symphony
No. 1
by Borys Lyatoshynsky
Key	A major
Opus	2
Composed	1918 (1918)/19
Movements	3
Premiere
Date	1919 (1919)
Location	Kyiv
Conductor	Reinhold Glière

It has been suggested by the music writer Gregor Tassie that his First Symphony (1918–1919),[2] is the earliest symphony to be composed in Ukraine after Maxim Berezovsky.[3] More tuneful and Scriabinesque in comparison with his four other symphonies,[4] it was written as his graduation composition at a time when he had become influenced by the music of Scrabin and Richard Wagner. It was conducted in 1919 by Lyatoshynsky's teacher, the composer Reinhold Glière.[5]

The symphony is described in the 1999 edition of The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs as "a well-crafted, confident score" that "abounds in contrapuntal elaboration and abundant orchestral rhetoric".[6] A similar vision of the war to Nikolai Myaskovsky's Symphony No. 5 was expressed in the symphony. The reflective second movement is redeemed by a finale that is, according to the music historian Ferrucio Tammaro, "not only dynamic, but even heroic, in close conformity with the tastes of emerging Soviet symphonism".[7]

Movements

The symphony is written for an orchestra consisting of 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (A) (3rd also bass clarinet (B♭)), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns (F), 3 trumpets (B♭), 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, glockenspiel, harp, and strings.[1]

There are three movements:

1. Allegro non troppo un poco agitato
2. Molto lento
3. Allegro energico

References

Sources

• Dytyniak, Maria (1986). Українські Композитори [Ukrainian Composers] (in Ukrainian). Edmonton, Alberta: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.
• Greenfield, Edward; March, Ivan; Layton, Robert (1999). The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. London; New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-01404-6-887-8 – via Internet Archive.
• Tammaro, Ferrucio (2017). "War Symphonies and Peace Symphonies: Sibelius' Fifth". In Krohn, Anna; Howell, Tim; Murtomäki, Veijo (eds.). Jean Sibelius's Legacy Research: on his 150th Anniversary. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-15275-0-087-7.

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