Aleksandr Ilyinsky: Berceuse, No.7

Phillip Sear plays the well-known berceuse, or cradle song from Ilyinsky's 1896 'Noure and Anitra' Suite by the Russian composer Aleksandr Ilyinsky (1859-1920). ------------------------------------------------------- Ilyinsky seems to be remembered today for just this one piece, which most young pianists learn. After a military education, he studed music in Berlin, and subsequently St. Petersburg, and embarked on a career as a teacher and composer, his biggest work being his 1911 4-act opera 'The Fountain of Bakhchisaray' from which an extract, 'Orgy of the Spirits' has been used in several film scores. ------------------------------------------------------- Played by Phillip Sear (Email: piano4@ WhatsApp: )