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New CD | The Snowstorm
Oleg Lysenko and Hans Boland present:
THE SNOWSTORM by ALEXANDR PUSHKIN
It is 1812, Napoleon is about to invade Russia. Unaware of the impending danger, Masha, a sweet girl of seventeen, and Vladimir, a young ensign on leave, are desperately in love. Marriage is out of the question, because she is rich and he is poor. They decide to marry in secret and run away together. A snowstorm disrupts their plans…
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1. Troika
New CD | The Snowstorm
Oleg Lysenko en Hans Boland present: The Snowstorm by ALEXANDR PUSHKIN
It is 1812, Napoleon is about to invade Russia. Unaware of the impending danger, Masha, a sweet girl of seventeen, and Vladimir, a young ensign on leave, are desperately in love. Marriage is out of the question, because she is rich and he is poor. They decide to marry in secret and run away together. A snowstorm disrupts their plans…
This double CD unites Sviridov’s suite ‘The Snowstorm’, adapted by Oleg for bayan, with the magnificent short story by Pushkin that inspired it.
CD 1: Georgi Sviridov – The Snowstorm, musical illustrations of the story by Alexandr Pushkin. Arranged for bayan and performed by Oleg Lysenko.
- Troika 2. Waltz 3. Spring and Autumn 4. Romance 5. Pastoral 6. Military March 7. Marriage 8. Echoes of Waltz 9. Winter Road
CD 2: Alexandr Pushkin – The Snowstorm, translated into Dutch and narrated by Hans Boland. With musical illustrations by Georgi Sviridov, performed on bayan by Oleg Lysenko.
Arrangement and performance: Oleg Lysenko
Translation into Dutch and narration: Hans Boland
Biography
Oleg Lysenko (1974, Ukraine) attended music college in Poltava, where he won a scholarship for the renowned Tchaikovsky National Music Academy in Kyiv. After his graduation, in 1999, he published his first CD, ‘Awakening’, and continued his studies in the Netherlands, at the Messiaen Academy. He then specialized in Argentine tango on bayan and bandoneon at the Conservatory of Rotterdam. Together with his fellow students he won third prize in the category ‘Ensemble’ at the International Accordion Competition in Castelfidardo, Italy. Two years later he entered the Dutch National Accordion Competition and won first prize with his rendition of Victor Vlasov’s ‘Five views on the land of the Gulag archipelago’, also the title piece of his CD released in 2012.
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