Arshak Andriasov

Musical Sketch, Op. 4 for Flute and String Orchestra.

In 1955, when he was 22 years old, Iosif Andriasov wrote a Piece for Flute and Piano. It was dedicated to Ruben Tarasovich Gadziev, a flutist, and relative of the composer. Mr. Andriasov said that he heard this music in his dream. I. Andriasov, in one of his conversations with Marta Andriasova (Marina Kudryashova), written down by her in brief, said that this music is “the music from other spheres. It is serene, rich (abundant), deeply dense. The icy mountains of the planets… reflection of the mountain peaks… yellow sun.”

The Musical Sketch for Flute and String Orchestra (Lento, F Major, 4/4 time, 42 measures) is a lyrical piece of a pastoral character. It is written in the three-part form (A – B – A). Contemplative, crystal-clear, slightly detached music of the outer sections is in contrast to the agitated, elegiac music of the inner one. This music, sincere and instantly communicative, evokes a world of eternal beauty, grace, and wise simplicity. This simplicity is a genuine one, “simplicity of a diamond.”

From Marta Andriasova: Essays on the Music of Iosif Andriasov.

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