The Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, is an orchestral suite in three movements.
Completed in 1940, it is Sergei Rachmaninoff's last major composition.
The Symphonic Dances allowed him to indulge in a nostalgia for the Russia
The Symphonic Dances allowed him to indulge in a nostalgia for the Russia
he had known, much as he had done in the Third Symphony, as well as to
effectively sum up his lifelong fascination with ecclesiastical chants. In the
first dance, he quotes the opening theme of his First Symphony, itself derived
from motifs characteristic of Russian church music. In the finale he quotes
both the Dies Irae and the chant "Blessed art thou, Lord" (Blagosloven yesi,
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