Dedicated to Franz Liszt, this work was completed amid the rumors of embezzlement that marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Czar Alexander II's ascension.
Dedicated to Franz Liszt, this work was completed amid the rumors of embezzlement that marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Czar Alexander II's ascension. It begins with a quiet high E on the violins. A folk song on clarinet then follows, representing the military guard, while an English horn plays a lilting oriental theme that, along with the pizzicato accompaniment on strings, suggests the tread of camels and native merchants across the measureless waste of the title. FTP identify this 1880 composition, a tone poem depicting travel across a desert region, by Alexander Borodin.
Dedicated to Franz Liszt, this work was completed amid the rumors of embezzlement that marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Czar Alexander II's ascension.
In the Steppes of Central Asia