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Suite in Old Style ‘The Court Jester
Amareu’
Solo viola, string quintet
(or string ensemble) and harpsichord
Duration:
17’
2006
First performance: 21st January, 2007, Homecoming Festival, Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow Conservatoire. Maxim Rysanov- solo viola; Homecoming Ensemble- Boris Brovtsyn, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Kristine Blaumane
Prelude: Fanfare from the balconies and back from the hunting
Through mirrored corridors
The rose garden by moonlight
Riddle of the barrel organ player
Postlude: Hunting and finale
Written as homage to Rameau (Amareu being the anagram of Rameau), this suite presents glimpses from everyday life at an 18th century aristocratic household: hunting, courting in the gardens, dancing and entertaining in opulent
surroundings.
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Festival.
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