.png)
1. X. 1905
Piano composition by Leoš Janáček
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1. X. 1905, also known as Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, is a two-movement (originally three-movement)[1] piano sonata in E-flat minor composed by LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek in 1905. It is also known as From the Street.[2][3]
.png)
| 1. X. 1905 | |
|---|---|
| Piano sonata by LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek | |
JanáÄek in 1904 | |
| Native name | Czech: Z ulice |
| Other name | From the Street |
| Key | E-flat minor |
| Composed | 1905 |
| Performed | 27 January 1906: Brno |
| Published | 1924 |
| Movements | 2 |
Background
JanáÄek intended the composition to be a tribute to a worker named FrantiÅ¡ek PavlÃk (1885â1905), who on 1 October 1905 was bayoneted during demonstrations in support for a Czech university in Brno.[3] In the work, JanáÄek expresses his disapproval of the violent death of the young carpenter. He started to compose it immediately after the incident occurred and finished its composition in January 1906. The première took place on 27 January 1906 in Brno (Friends of the Arts Club), with Ludmila TuÄková at the piano.[citation needed] JanáÄek also wrote a third movement, a funeral march, which he cut out and burned shortly before the first public performance of the piece in 1906. He was not satisfied with the rest of the composition either and later tossed the manuscript of the two remaining movements into the river Vltava. He later commented with regret about his impulsive action: "And it floated along on the water that day, like white swans".[4] The composition remained lost until 1924 (the year of JanáÄek's seventieth birthday), when TuÄková announced that she owned a copy. The second performance took place on 23 November 1924 in Prague, under the title 1. X. 1905. JanáÄek later accompanied the work with the following inscription:
"The white marble of the steps of the Besednà dům in Brno. The ordinary labourer FrantiÅ¡ek PavlÃk falls, stained with blood. He came merely to champion higher learning and has been slain by cruel murderers."[5]
The first authorized printed edition of the work was published in 1924 by the Hudebnà matice in Prague.[6]
The Dutch composer Theo Verbey made an orchestral version of 1.X.1905, which premiered on 9 May 2008 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with the Dutch Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conducted by Claus Peter Flor.
Movements
Recordings
- LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek: Piano Works. Supraphon 1972. SU 3812-2 (Josef PálenÃÄek)
- LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek: Piano Works. Deutsche Grammophon 1972. 429 857â2 (Rudolf FirkuÅ¡ný)
- LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek: Complete Piano Works. ArcoDiva. UP 0071â2132 (Jan Jiraský)
- LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek: Piano Music Volume 1. Naxos (1996) N 8.553586 (Thomas Hlawatsch)
- LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek: Sonata 1. X., In the Mist, On an Overgrown Path. Nonesuch (1983) 79041 (Ivan Moravec)
- LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek: The Piano Works of LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek. Helicon (1999) N 1204928 (Avner Arad)
- LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, In the Mists, On the Overgrown Path, Series 1. EMI (2000) 724356183926 (Leif Ove Andsnes)
- LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek: Piano Works (Complete). Brilliant Classics (2004) 92295 (HÃ¥kon Austbø)
- Chopin & JanáÄek: Piano Sonatas & Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Salzburg Festival 1957), Orfeo (2005), C633041B (Rudolf FirkuÅ¡ný)
- LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek: Returning Paths: Solo Piano Works By JanáÄek and Suk. CAG (2014) 820360180828 (Ieva Jokubaviciute)
- LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek: 'Piano Sonata 1.X.1905; On an Overgrown Path 1st & 2nd Series; In The Mist; A Recollection.' SommCD 028 â (Charles Owen)
- Haochen Zhang plays Schumann, Liszt, JanáÄek and Brahms. BIS (2017) BIS-2238 7318599922386 (Haochen Zhang)
