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The only recording Worldcat lists of what may be the same Bukke is perhaps something related to the finale of Khovanschina- an arrangement?- in which e.l.bukke is a performer... (that could be e.i.bukke?)

His father's name was Ivan, so in Russia (though not Latvia) his middle name would have been Ivanovich. And in his lifetime he was better known as a conductor, so maybe he was performing in that capacity?

[de Hartmann: Selection from La Fleurette Rouge SuiteAnna Korsun: TerriconeLyatoshinsky: Symphony No.4]

Just noticed this:

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/classical-season/voices-east

Voices from the East: Ukraine
Sun 19 May, 7.30pm
Part of Voices from the East
Royal Festival Hall

de Hartmann: Selection from La Fleurette Rouge Suite
Anna Korsun: Terricone
Lyatoshinsky: Symphony No.4

Discover heartfelt works by some of Ukraine's finest composers with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kirill Karabits, presented by Tom Service.

In the last of today's three concerts bringing the orchestra's acclaimed series Voices from the East to London, the Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits celebrates music by his compatriot composers that displays a wealth of colour, narrative and emotional power.

To open, there's music by Thomas de Hartmann, a prolific composer of works sacred, secular and cinematic, and a disciple of the spiritual teacher Gurdjieff.

His ballet La Fleurette Rouge was first performed for Tsar Nicholas, starring the dancers Nijinsky, Pavlova and Fokine.

Next comes Tericone by Anna Korsun. Born in Donetsk and educated in Kyiv, she's a fast-rising star of the younger generation.

Boris Lyatoshinsky was one of Ukrainian music's most important 20th-century figures and his five symphonies are a cornerstone of its orchestral repertoire.

Though ostracised in the USSR, Lyatoshinsky continued to write music that pushed far beyond the narrow boundaries of 'soviet realism'.

Much of his work went unperformed for years. This is a rare chance to hear his opulent, fantastical Symphony No.4.

This concert is part of Voices from the East, a day-long exploration of forgotten orchestral masterpieces from Ukraine and its surrounding regions.

(The other two concerts, on the same day, feature music by composers from Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia - but none are from the era/style that this forum would appreciate!)

Hmm... he certainly looks out of place, sandwiched between Elgar and Tchaikovsky! But then the Proms have a history of odd choices.

And in what way would you say he looks out of place Semloh?!       









Am very glad, however, about the Farrenc and Busoni concerts Alan has listed, will certainly seek to go to those.

And also the completely unknown unsung (can't-sing) classical composer Sam Smith (https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej8mzc)   

Hello everyone,

As suggested by the OP Christopher, I'd like to share a score of a piece by Eizens (Evgeny) Bukke, the Romance in C-sharp minor for violin and piano (kindly scanned for me by a friend in Riga). I'm not aware of any recordings of this piece, but reading through it, it's clearly a very lovely composition, I'm sure any violinist would be happy to perform it as a short concert piece - on that note, the score also includes the violin part. Interesting to note the Romance's premiere by the composer and Prince Georgy Dulov, it seems he helped publish the piece as well, judging by the front and back pages of the score, under the legend "Полный курс скрипичной игры: заключающий в себе упражнения, этюды и песны, расположенныя по степеням трудности и составленный из произведений знаменитых скрипачей и композиторов - Преподавателем Московской Консерватории кн. Г. ДУЛОВЫМ" (adapted to modern Russian Cyrillic from the Imperial spelling).

Anyway, here's hoping the piece will get a recording!

That is "A complete course of violin playing: containing exercises, etudes and songs, arranged according to degrees of difficulty and compiled from the works of famous violinists and composers - Teacher of the Moscow Conservatory, Prince. G. DULOV"

Thanks Theodore!

(And here's about Prince Dulov, you'll need google translate:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Дулов,_Георгий_Николаевич )

What's your favourite section Alan? Mine is unquestionably the Confutatis.  Just so dramatic.  I might have had it on repeat...repeatedly..!

I'd give an honourable mention here to his 16-minute tone poem Stenka Razin. It has all the dramatic elements à la Rimsky/Tchaikovsky/Borodin that audiences love, and would be the perfect concert opener in a Glazunov programme. As we say so often on this site, when you hear it you will ask why it's not better known.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenka_Razin_(Glazunov)
Stenka Razin, Op. 13, is a symphonic poem composed by Alexander Glazunov in 1885. Dedicated to the memory of Alexander Borodin, it is one of the few compositions written by Glazunov on a nationalist subject and is composed in a style reminiscent of Borodin and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Glazunov's composition dramatizes and romanticizes the career of the Cossack Stenka Razin. After leading raids against the Tsarist regime, Razin was captured and given amnesty in exchange of an oath of allegiance. He broke his promise, leading an army of several hundred thousand in an attempt to overthrow the government. Captured again, he was executed in 1672.

The score focuses on a dramatic moment immediately preceding Razin's recapture. Razin and his mistress, a captured Persian princess, are afloat on a richly caparisoned boat on the River Volga. There, in one version of the story, the princess relates an ominous dream, warning of imminent disaster and her own death in the river. They are suddenly surrounded by tsarist soldiers. Razin casts the princess into the water, declaring, "Never in all my thirty years have I offered a sacrifice to the Volga. Today I will give it what is for me the most precious of all the world's treasures." The Cossacks then descend desperately upon the Russian troops. Another version of the story has Razin's men claiming that his love of the princess has dulled his lust for fighting—a charge Razin counters by drowning the princess before leading his followers once again into battle.

The slow introduction evokes the River Volga, quoting "The Song of the Volga Boatmen," with the song's solemnity coloring not only the B minor introduction but also the outer sections of the main Allegro con brio in the same musical key. These outer sections depict Razin's raids on villages along the river. A gentler central section (Allegro moderato) features a contrasting clarinet melody in the major a semitone lower and was claimed to be of Persian origin; this theme, sensual and undulating in Russian orientalist fashion, portrays the princess. The two themes, singly and in conjunction, provide the substance for the central development section, culminating in the graphic depiction of the princess's death. "The Song of the Volga Boatmen" is reprised in the brass to bring the work to a rousing conclusion.

The work was premiered in St. Petersburg on November 23, 1885 in a concert, arranged at Mitrofan Belyayev's expense, conducted by the Rimsky-Korsakov pupil Georgi Ottonovich Dutsch.

I was at a performance of the Fifth Symphony in the Moscow Conservatory in March 1992. I can't remember who was playing. It always stuck with me, especially the second movement (Scherzo - Moderato, which I think is the finest part of that symphony).  It was televised (I guess by TV Kultura, although who knows in those days...). The other items in the concert were Scriabin's Piano Concerto and his Rêverie (Op.24). I have tried and tried to find that concert online (youtube etc, given that TV Kultura post much of their backlog up there), but no luck so far...

According to that Guardian article, the concert was livestreamed for premium subscribers on Medici TV and can be heard here: https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/joshua-bell-dalia-stasevska-inso-lviv-symphony-orchestra-benefit-concert-ukraine-bacewicz-de-hartmann-skoryk-stankovych-chopin

Hartmann's Violin Concerto has been recorded by Joshua Bell with the INSO-Lviv under Dalia Stasevska and reportedly this will be released in July. I haven't heard any excerpts of this piece (or of much of his other work) to be able to assess if Hartmann's music will fall within the remit of this forum.  de Hartmann's dates were 1884-1956.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/16/dalia-stasevska-joshua-bell-interview-ukraine-kyiv-russia

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/dalia-stasevska-conductor-dalias-mixtape-bbc-so-ukraine-b1142142.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Hartmann

Ah! Thank you very much Colin! Now I can also sleep easy. Funnily enough, when I listened to it all the way through I was getting Dvorak, which I guess might be explained by "Folk Dances", if not "English"! However, the piece WAS saved in a subfolder of mine called British composers, ruling him out.

This has now been uploaded to youtube:

Presto are now advertising the CD as an April 19th release over here in the UK. I have placed my order!
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9607139--kozlovzki-requiem

Spelling is a bit of a problem: Pentatone has 'Kozlowski', Presto has 'Kozlovski'. Very confusing when conducting searches!

My CD came yesterday (care of a friend visiting from Poland): I can confirm it's a very good rendition of this piece, and possibly the best of the four recorded versions I know of.  It also confirms to me that, of those four, the Yesipov is the worst - turgid and plodding, literally the wrong tones and (especially) tempos chosen for each section. I don't know if that's because heavy Russian voices are not readily compatible with a Catholic Requiem Mass that prays for eternal rest, or because it's just a bad performance: the other two versions are also Russian and mostly work.

Hurray!

I apologise for troubling members with this, but I've not been able to resolve via other routes...

I have this piece in my library which is labelled as William Wallace's symphonic poem "The Passing of Beatrice" - but it is definitely NOT that piece.  Might anyone have idea what it is?!

https://www.mediafire.com/file/pg68mynr4931l3f/Wallace_-_The_Passing_of_Beatrice.m4a/file