Reinhold Glière - Symphony No. 3 “Ilya Muromets“

Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (11 January 1875 [O.S. 30 December 1874] – 23 June 1956) was a Russian composer of German-Polish ancestry. Symphony No. 3 in B minor “Ilya Muromets“, Op. 42 (1908-11) dedicated to Alexander Glazunov This is a program symphony, which depicts the life of Kievan Rus’ folk hero Ilya Muromets. I. Wandering Pilgrims: Ilya Muromets and Svyatogor Andante sostenuto – Allegro risoluto. Two pilgrims tell Ilya to become a bogatyr. The most powerful bogatyr, Svyatogor, bequeaths his streng