Ep. 71. Valentyn Silvestrov Kitsch Music (complete) Anna Shelest, piano

Valentyn Silvestrov (b. 1937) Kitsch Music (1977) 0:00 I. Allegro vivace (bright and translucent, free, trembling but tranquil) 3:02 II. Moderato (bright and translucent, flowing) 6:58 III. Allegretto (free, very soft and translucent, distant (extremely soft)) 10:16 IV. Moderato (free, bright and translucent, introspective) 13:23 V. Allegretto (soft, bright and translucent with circumspection) Anna Shelest, piano Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt have both called the Ukrainian Valentin Silvestrov “one of the greatest composers of our time”. He is also one of its true originals; though a leading figure in the former Soviet Union’s avant-garde in the 1960s, he subsequently came to realise that “the most important lesson of the avant-garde was to be free of all preconceived ideas – particularly those of the avant-garde.“ ~SCORE~