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Alexander Litvinovsky
Tales of the Magic Tree
(12 Pieces for String Orchestra)

Metamorphose String Orchestra
Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov

00:00 With the Stream
05:08 Wheels of the Old Watermill
07:39 Steps Upward
10:39 Spider Knows His Craft
14:18 When the Dragonflies Gossip
17:20 Bronze Statue
20:44 The Hunter Dance
25:22 Time to Go Boating
30:04 Swifts on the Wind
34:11 Daisy
38:02 Fascinated by the Rain
42:16 Lost in the Blossoming Gardens

ABOUT ALEXANDER LITVINOVSKY
Alexander Litvinovsky was born in Minsk in 1962. He graduated from the State Music College (1982) as a musicologist, from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in the class of composition under Prof. Dmitry Smolsky (1987) and received a post-graduate degree there (1991). He took part in workshops under the guidance of Jonathan Harvey and Michael Nyman (Great Britain), Louis Andriessen (Holland), Martin Bresnick (USA), Sylvano Bussotti (Italy), Tristan Murail and Fransois-Bernard Mache (France). As a composer he writes in various genres: from chamber, choral and symphonic music to electro-acoustic art. The creative concept: from tradition to avant-garde. Alexander's music has been presented at various festivals and concerts around Europe and USA.

“Tales of The Magic Tree” (composed in 2001) consists of 12 pieces for string orchestra in the romantic vein of Schuman, Schubert and Mendelssohn. At the basis of this work is the idea of the infinity of movement. All images are inspired by the wonderful atmosphere of the ancient park in Niesviz, Belarus.

ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA
Captivating, soul-stirring performances of classical and contemporary music. The Metamorphose String Orchestra of Minsk, founded in 2015 by conductor Pavel Lyubomudrov, has been taking the Belarusian music scene by storm with a series of critically acclaimed concerts – and now has its eye on Europe.
Exquisitely blending creativity, tradition and musicianship, the Orchestra’s performances exude a deep love and understanding of music. With a constantly-changing repertoire that spans from Baroque to original arrangements of popular music and contemporary Belarusian composers, the Orchestra proves true to its name: experimentation is in its DNA.
Conductor Pavel Lyubomudrov, a graduate of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory and a pupil of Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation Alexander Vasilyevich Alekseev, has filled the Orchestra’s ranks with some of the country’s finest musicians. Alumni of the St. Petersburg, Moscow and Minsk Conservatoires have joined him on his artistic journey, sharing stages with renowned soloists such as cellists Mikael Samsonov (Germany) and Antonio Mostacci (Italy), violinists Lisa Jacobs (Netherlands) and Andrey Baranov (Switzerland), oboist Juan Manuel García-Cano (Spain), flutist Maria Fedotova and pianist Stanislav Soloviev (Russia), among others.
“Music changes lives”, is the firm belief of Pavel Lyubomudrov. “By taking people into a region beyond words, it helps them connect with themselves – and others – on the highest, purest emotional level”.