Nils Lindberg - 7 Dalecarlian Paintings - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Women and War and Peace - took shape during concert pianist Katelyn Bouska's darkest days of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. She missed her family and friends, her students at Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and her live performances in front of living breathing audiences. To use the time productively, Bouska revisited omen composers she wanted to explore and realized many of them shared a common theme. They were refugees, or they barely survived, or didn't survive, and the fact that they were women at the cutting edge of the contemporary music scenes in their various environments made their situations even more difficult. Our earliest composer, Maria Szymanowska, died in the 1830 cholera outbreak instigated by Russia's invasion of Poland under Tsar Nicholas I. One of our younger composers, Ludmila Yurina, fled her home in Ukraine and found refuge first in the United Kingdom and then Germany after Russia's invasion in February of 2022 by President Vladimir Putin. Katelyn Bouska is both American and Czech. She was born in the United States, but spends many months a year performing and lecturing in Prague. Stretching from composers born in the 1700s through the 20th Century, Kate's repertoire includes music by Caroline Shaw, Maria Szymanowska, Ruth Schoental, Ivana Loudova, Vitezslava Kapralova and Ludmila Yurina. Album Tracks 1. Gustave Le Gray 4. Fragments from a Woman's Diary 5. Prague Imaginations Five Pieces for Piano

Album Tracks 1. I. Lat Fran Leksand (Theme from Leksand) 2. II. Melodi Fran Floda (Melody from Floda) 3. III. Danslek (Dancing Tune from Western Dalecarlia) 4. IV. Visa Fran Malung (Theme from Malung) 5. V. Gagnefs Skanklat (Wedding Tune from Gagnef) 6. VI. Torn Eriks Polska (Torn Erik's Polska) 7. VII. Mockfjards Skullbraddlek (Wedding Tune from Mockfjard) 8. I. Prolog (Prologue) 9. II. Tompkal 10. III. Randa 11. IV. Fosskal 12. V. Epilog (Epilogue)

Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro Grandioso 2. II. Menuetto 3. III. Andante Cantabile 4. IV. Finale Allegro Innocente 5. I. Introduzione Molto Moderato E Grandioso 6. II. Scherzo 7. III. Andante 8. IV. Finale