It is interesting to discover how in the ancient mythology woods were always the place where transformations occur, from human being into tree or plant, surrounded by a magical and mysterious environment.
In Ovid's Metamorphoses such transformations are both cruel and full of grace, connected to Death and at the same time to Gods' compassion that gives, instead of life's end, a new rebirth.

Silvae (2013)

Program Note:
Quote from, “Maya Badian, Her Life and Her Music: A Privilege to Soar” by Popovici, Fred, published by Pro Ars Publications, Ottawa, Canada, 2010: "The French violin virtuoso Jean-Jacques Kantorow (1945-) commissioned Maya Badian to compose a violin concerto, taking in consideration his virtuosity. In immediately accepting this commission to compose a 20th-century concerto for violin, Badian considered that it would be joining a huge and well-known body of existing repertoire.
The VIOLIN CONCERTO by Maya Badian is cast in a three-movement form:
I.- Prelude; II.- Fugue and Choral; III.- Sonata -, blending unusual fantasia-like cadenzas with a fugue, and ending with a contemporary sonata finale. The result is a virtuoso concerto for the solo violinist with fascinating orchestral components..

II.- FUGUE AND CHORAL, the second movement, is a strict, classically structured Fugue in Allegro (reminiscent of Badian’s Chamber Concerto for Horn and Percussion), followed by a Choral in Adagio, molto legato, molto espressivo, and concluding with a Coda in Allegro. The timpani present the Fugue’s subject (based on a minor third), answered first by marimba (based on a major third), and then by tom-toms (undetermined pitches). At this point, the solo instrument makes its appearance with a dramatic vox vagans (ethereal voice). The movement continues with a counter-exposition using sequential statements of the theme in the low strings and based on the minor third, while the solo violin continues its ethereal voice in a high register. The high strings and orchestral percussion join and build together in a crescendo that finally pauses with a fermata. Rather than using a traditional development, Badian introduces here a surprising feature in the form of a lovely brass Choral. The vox vagans violin solo continues to soar above the brass instruments’ smooth passage. This leads to an extended Coda, a unifying full orchestral restatement of the fugal material, conceived as a blend of all the thematic material presented in this movement.

Violin Concerto: II. Fugue by Maya Badian

Canon And Choral For Srting Quintet

Fugtive Version For Woodwind Trio

Profiles III - Trombone

Profiles II - Trombone

Profiles I - Trombone

Chamber Concerto III. Posludio - Horn & Percussions

Capriccio For Bassoon  III. Movimento Finale

Capriccio For Bassoon  II. Movimento Di Blues

Capriccio For Bassoon  I. Movimento Scherzando

Dr. Maya Badian is a Contemporary Classical Music Canadian Composer of Romanian Origin. 
Maya Badian has more than 100 published original compositions including symphonies, orchestral music, concertos, cantatas, chamber music, music for multimedia, and musicology and pedagogy works. All her works are published and internationally distributed by Lucian Badian Editions. Her musical output is part of the collections of international libraries, such as Library and Archives Canada, The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Bibliothèque Božidar Kantušer, Paris, France, and of many music libraries across Canada, the USA, Europe, Australia, Japan, and National Library of New Zealand. 
”Maya Badian is an important composer, if it does not use some of the extreme devices discovered by earlier 20th century composers, Badian’s music does reflect the accumulated wisdom of a century of experiment and invention.” – The Ottawa Citizen
Dr. Maya Badian have her life and achievements reflected in an international biography work: The Life and The Music of Maya Badian, A Privilege to Soar by Fred Popovici, Pro ARS Publications, Ottawa, 2010.
“An internationally acclaimed composer” – as described in Orchestral Works CD Review, Winnipeg Sun, 1999.
Dr. Badian is a member of the Canadian Music Center, Canadian League of Composers, Association of Canadian Women Composers, Ottawa New Music Creators, Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists, Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova.

Violin Concerto: II. Fugue by Maya Badian

Maya Badian, Composer

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