Sibelius - Andante Festivo (Metamorphose String Orchestra)

🎵 Buy this track on the Official Halidon Music Store: 🍎 Get it on iTunes & Apple Music: 🎧 Stream it on Spotify: JEAN SIBELIUS Andante Festivo Metamorphose String Orchestra (Minsk, Belarus) Conducted by Pavel Lyubomudrov Andante Festivo is a single-movement composition by Jean Sibelius, originally scored for string quartet in 1922. In 1938, the composer rescored the piece for string orchestra and timpani. Full-throated and hymnic, this piece of work is constructed as a smooth, continuous stream of similar melodic phrases that flow into and out of each other. Sibelius was a violinist himself and knew how to compose for strings. A “seamless repeated melody“ is played by the strings and answered in the last four bars by the timpani, in an almost religious statement in a world before a Second World War. On 1 January 1939 Sibelius conducted his composition in a live worldwide broadcast, making it the only sound document of him interpreting his own music. The recording of Andante Festivo was Sibelius's last performance as a conductor. The work was played at his funeral. ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA Captivating, soul-stirring performances of classical and contemporary music. The Metamorphose String Orchestra , founded in 2015 by conductor Pavel Lyubomudrov, has been taking the Belarusian music scene by storm with a series of critically acclaimed concerts – and now has its eye on Europe. Exquisitely blending creativity, tradition and musicianship, the Orchestra’s performances exude a deep love and understanding of music. With a constantly-changing repertoire that spans from Baroque to original arrangements of popular music and contemporary Belarusian composers, the Orchestra proves true to its name: experimentation is in its DNA. Conductor Pavel Lyubomudrov, a graduate of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory and a pupil of Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation Alexander Vasilyevich Alekseev, has filled the Orchestra’s ranks with some of the country’s finest musicians. Alumni of the St. Petersburg, Moscow Conservatoires have joined him on his artistic journey, sharing stages with renowned soloists such as cellists Mikael Samsonov (Germany) and Antonio Mostacci (Italy), violinists Lisa Jacobs (Netherlands) and Andrey Baranov (Switzerland), oboist Juan Manuel García-Cano (Spain), flutist Maria Fedotova and pianist Stanislav Soloviev (Russia), among others. “Music changes lives”, is the firm belief of Pavel Lyubomudrov. “By taking people into a region beyond words, it helps them connect with themselves – and others – on the highest, purest emotional level”. #sibelius #andantefestivo All rights reserved