On December 18th, 2021, my work ‘Over Cool Waters Bridge’ for chamber ensemble was performed in Kingdom of Bahrain, during Harmony music center teachers’ concert. The performance marked the world premiere of this piece.
Category: intermediate level
Serenade ‘A Bittersweet Farewell’ for string quartet
Classical string quartet music, enjoyable and easy to play…
Three choral songs on A. Blok’s poems for SATB chorus a cappella
Themes of poet’s destiny, loneliness and escape reflected in these three songs written in Russian romantic choral manner
Soul Songs of Provincial Girl, for female vocal trio (SMsA), on Alexey Koltsov’s lyrics
A young provincial girl lives through dreaming about true love, meeting real love, failure, disappointment, and finally finishes her life as a mermaid. 5 songs composed in Russian folk, romance and opera styles. Intermediate to advanced level.
I am less of myself, on Hazel Hall’s poem, for soprano and chamber ensemble
Gathering your identity among the chaos of life. Energetic and war-like character. Genre of neo-baroque aria. Intermediate to advanced level.
Eortastiko, for chamber orchestra
Greek liturgical theme of Easter chant, festive and sonorous atmosphere. Contemporary language, fractal-like structure, natural modes, polytonality. Intermediate to advanced level
Our Best Wishes, for woodwind quartet and percussion
Breath from Greek carols, Italian Renaissance music and Russian snow. Rhythmical and joyful, for special occasion in winter celebrations. Intermediate to advanced level
Over Cool Waters Bridge, for chamber ensemble (flexible score)
Late autumn elegiac mood, falling leaves, flashes of previous happiness, last hopes. Japanese-like pentatonic scales combined with tonality. Beginner to intermediate / amateur level
Fire-Flowers, on Emily P. Johnson’s poem for a cappella SATB chorus
Sharpness of northern lands, desolating fire, bitterness in soul, hopes lost and found again. Contemporary, neo-romantic style, ethnic Mohawk-like features. Intermediate to advanced level
Я стремлюсь к роскошной воле / I seek for the splendid vast, on A. Blok’s poem for a cappella SATB chorus
Excitement on freedom, admiration for nature, space and fields. Romantic style resembling old Russian choral music. Intermediate level
Two choral songs on Alexander Blok’s poems
2 choral songs. Further exploration of the harmonic and textural possibilities of the Romantic music style.
…the only lily…(improvisation)
This lily pond in a botanical garden in Kuala-Lumpur (Malaysia), probably, was not so bright in the season we had visited … More
…that is why the white bird is hiding from people…(improvisation)
It was difficult to take a photo of this enigmatic white bird sitting quietly among the palm-tree leaves. But eventually … More
Two Salon Pieces, for string quartet
2 miniatures for string quartet, with classical approach to musical form and texture, and touches of Neo-Romantic emotionalism in harmony and tonalities.
Songs of Spring, on Walt Whitman’s poems for a cappella SATB chorus
3 choral songs. Course of spring with the parallels to phases of human life.