Little Souvenir for the Anniversary of R. W.

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This piece is a little souvenir to the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner. In the composition, the monogram of Wagner's name is used, as well as several themes and motives from the operas Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin by Richard Wagner. The composition begins with the composer’s monogram, which is exposed in three different phrases. In the middle section of the composition, Wagner's themes and motives appear. They are never exposed as a real citations but have been always modified and often dispersed into fast passages and arpeggios according to the style and the character of the piece.

 

Denys Bocharov