Presents
Roman Statkowski
Mazurka in F Major for Violin & Piano, Op.8 No.2
Roman Statkowski (1859-1925) was born in the Polish city of Kalisz then part of the Russian Empire. After studying law, he switched to music studying with Wladislav Zelenski at the Warsaw Conservatory and then at the St Petersburg Conservatory with Rimsky-Korsakov and Nikolai Sokolov. He subsequently devoted himself to teaching and composition, eventually becoming a professor at the Warsaw Conservatory. Not a prolific composer, much of his output is chamber music, including six string quartets and several works for violin and piano. Stylistically, he is considered the link between the older classical Polish composers such as Moniusko and the post Romantics such as Symanowski. The Mazurka in F Major is the second of a set of three which date from 1893, is not your typical mazurka, but rather a light-hearted and romantic take on the traditional Polish folk dance. It makes a telling encore.
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