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The String Quartet No. 2 is a string quartet in D major written by Alexander Borodin in 1881. It was dedicated to his wife Ekaterina Protopova. Some scholars, such as Borodin's biographer Serge Dianin, suggest that the quartet was a 20th anniversary gift and that it has a program evoking the couple's first meeting in Heidelberg. [1]
for string quartet and piano String Quartet No. 1 in A: 1874: 1879: String Quartet No. 2 in D: 1881: 1881: Scherzo for String Quartet: 1882: 1882: from Mitrofan Belyayev's collection "Fridays". Also used by Glazunov in his completion of Borodin's 3rd Symphony Serenata alla spagnola for String Quartet: 1886: 1886
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, romanized: Aleksandr Porfiryevich Borodin [a], IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdʲin] ⓘ; [2] 12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887) [3] was a Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian-Russian extraction.
Nocturne, Andantino, G-flat major ("Lulled by the happiness of being in love”). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] After Borodin's death in 1887, Alexander Glazunov orchestrated the suite, but incorporated into it another piano piece by Borodin, the Scherzo in A-flat major , and slightly rearranged the order of the pieces.
Arnold Bax: Nocturnes, for soprano and orchestra (1911) Jackson Berkey: 24 Nocturnes for solo piano and Four Nocturnes for Orchestra; Georges Bizet: Premier nocturne en fa majeur Op. 2 and Nocturne in D major. Alexander Borodin: his String Quartet No. 2 third movement Notturno contains one of his most popular melodies (1881)
The film is set to the Nocturne from Borodin's String Quartet #2. During Christmas in Saint Petersburg, in pre-Revolution times, an impoverished girl tries to sell matchsticks on the streets, but every potential customer refuses. Later that night, the girl huddles in a snowy alley, trying to warm herself against the cold.
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