Theme And Variations Op 72

Glazunov?s Theme and variations, Op 72, was written in 1900 and is one of three large-scale works for piano (the others being his two sonatas) completed during his last significant period as a composer?1899 to 1906. Originally given the title ?Variations on a Finnish Folk Song?, the folksong used as its theme is the same one at the root of Glazunov?s later Finnish Fantasy for orchestra. The work comprises a theme and fifteen variations and is undoubtedly one of his most successful and attractive forays into the piano medium.