''The Enchanted Lake'',
Op. 62, is a
symphonic poem
A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, usually in a single continuous movement, which illustrates or evokes the content of a poem, short story, novel, painting, landscape, or other (non-musical) source. The German term ''T ...
by
Anatoly Lyadov, subtitled "fairy tale scene", dedicated to
Nikolai Tcherepnin and premiered on 21 February 1909 in Saint Petersburg under the baton of the dedicatee. On the borders of symbolism and impressionism, ''The Enchanted Lake'' is a single work, not built on a musical theme.
André Lischke said of it that "The whole bewitching effect is due to the texture of the instrumentation, to the harmonic metamorphoses, and to the figurations which translate the quivering of the water (divided strings) and the sparkling of the stars which are reflected there (flute, celesta), harp)".
[François-René Tranchefort, ''Guide to Symphonic Music'', Paris, Fayard, 1986, p. 412 ]
The duration of the piece is approximately seven and a half minutes.
Instrumentation
''The Enchanted Lake'' is written for a symphonic orchestra with three flutes, two oboes, three clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, timpani, celesta, bass drum, harp and strings.
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Symphonic poems
1909 compositions
Music dedicated to ensembles or performers
Compositions in D-flat major
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