Rimsky-Korsakov – Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
Uploaded on May 30, 2011
Also known as The Great Russian Easter Overture, is a concert overture written by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov between August 1887 and April 1888, and dedicated to the memories of Modest Mussorgsky and Alexander Borodin, two members of the legendary “Mighty Handful”.
It is subtitled “Overture on Liturgical Themes”. It is the last of the composer’s series of three exceptionally brilliant orchestral works, preceded by Capriccio Espagnol and Scheherazade. The work received its premiere in St. Petersburg in late December 1888.
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Picture: Il’ja Efimovič Repin, Easter Procession in the region of Kursk (1880-1883)
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