Moon over the River, orchestral suite - Jiří Srnka
The motion picture based on Fráňa Šrámek's stage play and shot by director Václav Krška in 1953, was accepted only with hesitation in the time of its release. Besides demanded creative and political themes, this piece deals with inter-generation relations and slight erotic hints, which, together with its poetical glorification of human tenderness and pronounced love towards all human beings, creates a chance of escaping the ordinary of its time.
The movie suite itself begins with the magnific theme of the river and Slávka's window and ends with an open, questioning melody. The music overflows with impressionistic gaiety of colors (the use of piano, harp, etc.); on several places exposing the starting motive of the song "Když jsem já šel tou Putimskou branou" (When I Walked through that Gate of Putim). The complex is built on finely distinguished contrasts with prevailing lyrical poetics.
instrumentation2fl, 2ob, 4cl, 2fg, 4cor, 2trb, 3tbn, tb, camp, pfte, arpdescriptionscorepubl. NoR 054price210 CZK
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