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:
“SINFONIETTA is structured in three movements:
(1) Grave; (2) Andante, molto legato ed espressivo; (3) Allegro ma non troppo.
Grave, the first movement, is of dramatic character, in polyphonic style. The theme is announced in the low register of the strings, and it progressively encompasses the whole orchestra. Near to the close, a cello cadenza accompanied by the double-bass sustained tones precedes a closing stretto in the strings,
marked Allegro assai.
Andante, the second movement, constitutes a lyrical intermezzo, and it is performed by an instrumental
quartet (oboe, viola, cello and violin).
It leads, without pause, into:
Allegro ma non troppo, the final movement, in which the horns introduce the main theme. The mood of the movement is optimistic, a march of youthful, high spirit.

Sinfonietta For Orchestra: I Grave 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.

Sinfonietta For Orchestra: I Grave by Maya Badian

Maya Badian, Composer

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