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: strophic form
Flying Leaves and Thoughts, for violin and cello
What if we would be able to fly together with an autumn yellow leave… Flying Leaves and Thoughts (2023) is a contemporary Romantic-style chamber piece for string duet.
Grasses, for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble, on A. Kreymborg’s poem
Music from the world of insects, in Pointillistic technique, sensitive and emotional by mood, transparent and fluid by texture… Advanced level of difficulty
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.
Polly-Birdie’s Secret Life, suite for two violins
4 pieces. Reveal of second ego, self-reflection, weirdness and eccentricity. Contemporary style, tonality and atonality, palindrome/mirror/canon structures. 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