Lesia Lemekh - Barvinsky Miniatures for Piano on Ukrainian Themes - LIVE

Lviv Lazar Church
Blüthner Piano - Leipzig - 1956
Barvinsky's famous piano Masterpieces is an elegant ornament of 6 exquisite filigree compositions. The music of these miniatures is founded on Ukrainian songs.
A remarkable feature of Barvinsky's Piano Cycles Miniatures for Piano is included in the collection is their emotional content, and diversity of spirits and psychological states. "Lullaby" 00:04, "Dance" 2:10, "Lyric Song" 3:04, "Humoresque" 5:46, "Thought" 8:16 and "March" 11:42 vividly and succinctly reproduce the traditions of Ukrainian music. The collections "Our Sun Plays the Piano" and "Six Pieces for Piano" laid the foundations of Galicia's pedagogical piano repertoire.
Barvinskyi is the first Ukrainian composer whose scores music was published in Europe, the USA, and Japan - "Peters", "Universal Edition", "Nakamura" editions.
"Miniatures on Ukrainian Themes" gained unheard popularity in Europe in 1925. Bartok highly appreciated these and other compositions by Barvinsky. Since then miniatures spreading the glory of our compatriot all over the world, so that "Ukrainian Dance" was printed all the way in Japan - Nakamura's cover year - the Kyiv antiquarian Saltykov found these notes after 1931 - the year of publication. The Japanese placed Barvinsky next to Wagner, Grieg, Debussy, Bizet, Schubert, Bartok, Busoni, Chopin and Scriabin" - according to the "Ukrainian Calendar" - Warsaw -1970. Miniatures on Ukrainian Themes" were heard in Europe, as evidenced by translations for various instruments and compositions, even for a wind orchestra.