Chimes: Upon Reading V. M. Shukshin (Russian: Перезвоны — По прочтении В. М. Шукшина, tr. Perezvony — Po prochtenii V. M. Shukshina) is a choral symphony by Valery Gavrilin. It was composed between 1978 and 1982, and premiered in 1984. The texts, inspired after a reading of Vasily Shukshin, are compiled from folk poetry, Albina Shulgina, and Gavrilin himself. The premiere in 1984 was seen as a turning away from European themes to Russian themes in Gavrilin's output.[1] The work was recorded by Melodiya in 1988, with the soloists Natalia Gerasimova, Svetlana Beloklokova, Ludmila Slepneva, Anatoly Lyubimov, and the Moscow Chamber Choir, conducted by Vladimir Minin.
| Chimes | |
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| Upon Reading V. M. Shukshin | |
| Choral symphony by Valery Gavrilin | |
| Text | Russian folk texts, Albina Shulgina, and Valery Gavrilin |
| Language | Russian |
| Composed | 1978–1982 |
| Dedication | To Vladimir Nikolayevich Minin |
| Published | 1985 |
| Publisher | Sovietsky kompozitor Kompozitor Sankt-Peterburg |
| Duration | ca. 85 minutes |
| Movements | 20 |
| Scoring | Oboe, percussion, 2 solo singers, speaker, and SATB choir |
Instrumentation edit
The instrumentation for Chimes is as follows:
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Movements edit
- Cheerful in Spirit (Russian: Весело на душе, tr. Veselo na dushe)
- Death of a Bandit (Russian: Смерть разбойника, tr. Smert' razboynika)
- Little Reed Pipe (Russian: Дудочка, tr. Dudochka)
- Nonsense (Russian: Ерунда, tr. Yerunda)
- Little Reed Pipe
- Hangout (Russian: Посиделки, tr. Posidelki)
- Little Reed Pipe
- Ti-ri-ri (Russian: Ти-ри-ри, tr. Ti-ri-ri)
- Little Reed Pipe
- Evening Music (Russian: Вечерняя музыка, tr. Verchernyaya muzyka)
- Little Reed Pipe
- Sunday (Russian: Воскресенье, tr. Voskresen'ye)
- Little Reed Pipe
- Tell Me, Tell Me, Darling (Russian: Скажи, скажи, голубчик, tr. Skazhi, skazhi, golubnik)
- Ugly Lady (Russian: Страшенная баба, tr. Strashennaya baba)
- White-White Snow (Russian: Белы-белы снеги, tr. Bely-bely snegi)
- Prayer (Russian: Молитва, tr. Molitva)
- Mother River (Russian: Матка-река, tr. Matka-reka)
- Little Reed Pipe
- The Road (Russian: Дорога, tr. Doroga)
References edit
- ^ Solomon Volkov - St Petersburg: A Cultural History 2010 - Page 546 1451603150 "A sensation was caused by the premiere in Petersburg of Bell Chimes, a nationalistic "symphony-ritual" (as the composer called it) by Valery Gavrilin, a follower of Georgy Sviridov, a leading Slavophile musician (and former student of Shostakovich) and composer of the Petersburg Songs."