OH, THERE WAS SUCH A LIFE BASED ON TYUTCHEV, VOCAL CYCLE IN FIVE MOVEMENTS (in Russian) for soprano and piano
Vocal
Duration
15 minutes
Instrumentation
Soprano and piano.
Premiered by
Svetlana Kravtsova, soprano, and Margarita Zelenaia, piano.
All the poems of the cycle are full of tragedy and pain. Following Tyutchev, the music reflects a romantic concept of love: it is spontaneous passion, disharmony and a fatal duel.