Ebook Archives - Gianmaria Griglio ~ Conductor and composer

Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies op.34

During the course of his life, Grieg had several unproductive periods due to a chronic illness. The year 1880 marked the end of one of such periods, and the inspiration came from poet Aasmund Olafsson Vinje, a proud romantic Norwegian nationalist. Grieg, whose...

Mozart – Mass K257 – Credo

by Gianmaria Griglio |

The Mass K257 falls in the stream of the so-called Credo-Masses. The name is derived from the long setting of the Credo, a practice adopted on many occasions, including, among others, Mozart’s own Kleine Credo Messe K192 and, later on, Beethoven’s Missa...

Bruckner – Symphony n.8 Movement 4

by Gianmaria Griglio |

The triumphant Finale of Bruckner 8th – the last symphony that the composer completed – is a marvel of compositional structure and clarity of process. It technically sits on the sonata form but, first of all, it has three subjects, and second, the form is...

Haydn – Symphony n.44

by Gianmaria Griglio |

Haydn’s symphony 44 is known as Trauer (Mourning). An apocryphal story relates that Haydn asked for the slow movement of this symphony to be played at his funeral. This symphony was composed in 1772 and is typical of Haydn’s Sturm und Drang (storm and...

Mussorgsky – Pictures at an exhibition

by Gianmaria Griglio |

The painter Victor Hartmann was a close friend of Modest Mussorgsky and when he died, unexpectedly, of an aneurism in 1873 aged only 39, Mussorgsky was devastated. A couple of weeks after his passing, Hartmann’s friends and supporters organized an exhibition of...