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Nicolai von Wilm: Rast bei den Waldvöglein, Op.179 No. 4

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2017 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a beautiful evocation of someone relaxing amidst the sound of woodland birds from a set of  6  pieces - 'Dorf- und Waldidyllen' (Village and woodland idylls) from 1901 by the talented Latvian German composer Nicolai von Wilm (1834-1911).  
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The Latvian German composer (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834-1911) was born in Riga, Latvia, and studied at the Leipzig conservatory.  He had various conducting and teaching positions in Riga, St. Petersburg, and latterly, Wiesbaden, where he died.  He is best-known for educational music.  This comes from a fine set of pieces, for which the publisher translated the title as 'Country Scenes' - but I prefer my more accurate translation.  The title of this piece is incredibly hard to translate into English, but I think 'Relaxing amidst the sound of woodland bird-song' is the real meaning of the title.  It is fascinating to see how von Wilm used fairly conventional salon piano figures to conjure up a realistic scenario of various bird songs, sometimes calm, and sometimes agitated.  The thumbnail shows an 1835 illustration of American warblers.
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