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Alexander Shchetynsky

Voices, Choir and Orchestra (Ensemble)

Solo Instrument and
Orchestra or Chamber Ensemble

Chamber Ensemble
(7 to 15 instruments)

Chamber Ensemble (3 to 6 instruments)

Chamber Ensemble (2 instruments)

Choir a cappella or with one instrument

Stage

ANNUNCIATION Chamber Opera in Six Episodes for Soprano (also Percussion) and Piano (also Percussion) (1998) 40´

Libretto: Alexei Parin, after the first chapter of St. Luke's GOSPEL (in Russian)

Russian National Theatrical Prize Gold Mask, nomination Innovation (as a part of the performance Voices of Invisible at the Helikon Opera, Moscow)

First night: 20/21 May 1999, Helikon Opera, Moscow
Tatiana Kuindji, soprano, Yuri Polubelov, piano/percussion, Dmitry Bertman, director

Publisher: Troppe Note Publishing, Inc., USA

Recording: TNC Recordings, USA

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Original text in Russian

Text in English

Text in French

Text in German

THE BLIND SWALLOW (Die blinde Schwalbe) Opera-Essay in Six Episodes (Two Acts) (2002) 1h50´

soprani I, II, III, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass-baritone
fl (also a.fl), cl (also b.cl), a.sax (also bar. sax), vn, vla, vc

Concept and libretto: Alexei Parin, after works by Chekhov, Pushkin, Gogol, Lev Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Blok, and documents related to these writers, also poems by Mandelstam, Brodsky, Aigi (in Russian)

Commissioned by the festival Sacro Art, Loccum, Germany

First night: 31 August 2002, Loccum, Germany, festival Sacro Art
Soloists of the Helikon Opera and Mariinski Theatre
Teodor Currentzis, conductor, Anatoly Ledukhovsky, director

E. de' CAVALIERI. RAPPRESENTATIONE DI ANIMA E DI CORPO
Sacred Performance in Three Acts with Prologue
Instrumentation and performance adaptation for 8 singers and 8 instruments (2003) ca 70´

soprani I, II, III, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritones I, II, bass
oboe (also perc), bassoon (also perc), string quartet, guitar, harmonium (or accordion)

Commissioned by Ludwigsburg Festival
First performance: 9 July 2003, Ludwigsburg Festival, Germany
soloists of the Helikon Opera and Novaya Opera conducted by Teodor Currentzis

BESTIARIUM (VERWANDLUNG) Opera in Two Acts. 1h30´

Concept: Alexei Parin

Libretto: Alexei Parin and Alexander Shchetynsky after works by Franz Kafka, Carlo Gozzi and Hans Christian Andersen (in Russian)

Commissioned by the festival Sacro Art, Loccum, Germany

- First version (2004):

soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass
1111 - 1110 - 1 perc - 11110

First night: 19 August 2004, Loccum, Germany, festival Sacro Art
vocal soloists of the Perm Opera Theatre, orchestra of the Yekaterinburg Opera Theatre
Yevgeniy Brazhnik, conductor, George Isaakyan, director

- Second version (2009):

soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass
2222 - 4230 - Timp, 2 perc - str

ROMEO AND GIULIETTA. FRAGMENT
Music and sound installation to the drama performance by Andriy Zholdak after W. Shakespeare in two acts (2005) ca 3h

First night: 22/23 October 2005, Berlin, Festival spielzeit europa
artists of the Kharkiv Taras Shevchenko Drama Theatre

Voices, Choir and Orchestra (Ensemble)

LA NAISSANCE DE SAINT JEAN-BAPTISTE for Children's Soprano, Children's Choir and Percussion Ensemble (6 Performers) (1992) 10´

Choir: SA

Text: St. Luke's and St. John's Gospels; Psalms 105, 123 (in French)

Commissioned by the Radio France

First performance: 11 February 1993, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Présences, Paris
Maîtrise de Radio France, Les Pleiades conducted by Sylvio Gualda

Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France

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APOSTLE JOHN'S TESTIMONY for Soprano, Baritone, Mixed Choir and Orchestra (2003) 20´

choir: SSAATTBB
orchestra: 2232 - 4331 - timp, 3 perc - str

Text: St. John's Gospel; Revelation (in Ancient Greek)
Dedicated to Teodor Currentzis

First performance: 16 October 2004, Novosibirsk Opera House
Natalia Zagorinskaya, Andrzej Belecki, choir and symphony orchestra of Novosibirsk Opera House conducted by Teodor Currentzis

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REQUIEM for Mixed Choir and String Orchestra (1991/2004) 22´

choir: SSAATTBB
Text: Catholic liturgy (in Latin)
First performance: 25 September 2004, Festival Contrasts, Lviv
Chamber choir Gloria, chamber orchestra Leopolis conducted by Volodymyr Syvokhip

Recording: NAXOS

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THE ELDER'S VISION for Mixed Choir and Chamber Ensemble (2006) 14´

choir: SSAATTBB
ensemble: 1111 - 1110 - 2 perc - 11111

Text: Hryhoriy Skovoroda (in old bookish Ukrainian language)
Commissioned by the festival Territory, Moscow

First performance: 18 October 2006, Tchaikovsky Moscow Filharmony Hall
New Siberian Singers, Klangforum Wien conducted by Teodor Currentzis

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CORPUSCULA VITAE Symphony for Soprano, Tenor and String Orchestra (2010) 30´

Text: Alexey Parin (in Russian)

First performance: 22 January 2011, Kyiv, National Philharmony Hall
Olha Chubareva, Serhiy Bortnyk, Kyiv Chamber Orchestra conducted by Roman Kofman

A SONG OF DEGREES for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (2010) 10´

Text: Psalm 130 (in English)

Dedicated in memory of Joseph Purits

First performance: 22 May 2010, Kyiv, National Philharmony Hall
Olha Tabulina, Kyiv Chamber Orchestra conducted by Vitaly Protasov

Orchestra

GLOSSOLALIE for Orchestra (1989) 14´

2121,tsax - 2110 - 2 perc - gtr, hp, pf - 60321

Main and Special prizes in the 3rd International Kazimierz Serocki Composers Competition, Poland

First performance: 16 September 1990, Warsaw Autumn
Baltic Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble conducted by Pawel Przytocki

Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes, Great Britain

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A PRIMA VISTA Concerto for Full Symphony Orchestra (1997) 17´

3333 - 4331 - timp, 3 perc - hp - 12.12.10.8.6
First performance: 17 November 2005, Melos-Ethos Festival, Bratislava
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zsolt Nagy

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LIKE A CLOUD OVER PESCARA for Orchestra (1997) 1´10´´

1111 - 1110 - 3 perc - 10.8.4.4.2

Commissioned by Piotr Lachert and Chiola Music Press

Publisher: Chiola Music Press, Italy

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The PARABLE (quasi una fanfara) for Brass Band (2007) 2´30´´

6 tpt.; 4 hn; 3 tbn.; 2 euph; 2 basses
First performance: 4 June 2008, National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Mykola Lysenko Hall, Kyiv
National Symphonic Band of Ukraine conducted by Petro Tovstukha
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TRAJECTORIES OF SOUND for Concert Band (2007, rev. 2008) 11´

picc; 2 fl.; 2 ob.; e.h; 2 bn.; cl. e flat; 1,2 &3 cl. b flat; bcl.; 2 asax; tsax; barsax; 2 cnt ; 3 tpt.; 4 hn; 3 tbn.; euph; 2 basses; timp; 4 perc.
First performance: 4 June 2008, National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Mykola Lysenko Hall, Kyiv
National Symphonic Band of Ukraine conducted by Petro Tovstukha
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HAYDN AND VARIATIONS for Symphony Orchestra (2011) 16´

2222 - 2230 - timp - hp - str
Dedicated to Mykola Diadiura
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Solo Instrument
and Orchestra or Chamber Ensemble

CONCERTO for Cello and Orchestra (1982) 24´

solo cello - 3333 - 4300 - 3 perc - str

First performance: May 1983, Kharkiv
Svyatoslav Yezersky, Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra

INTERSECTIONS for Orchestra and Oboe solo (1988) 17´

solo oboe - 4343 - 0000 - 5 perc - hp, pf, synthesizer - 00000

Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France

First performance: 1989, Kharkiv
Andronik Nazaryan, Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra

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CONCERTO for Flute and Orchestra (1993) 20´

solo flute - 0222 - 2220 - 3 perc - hp - 66543

2nd prize in the 3rd International Witold Lutoslawski Composers' Competition, Poland

First performance: 14/15 February 1997, Warsaw
Jadwiga Kotnowska, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wojciech Michniewski

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WINTER ELEGY for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Ensemble (1994) 12´

solo alto saxophone - 1111 - 1110 - 1 perc - pf/hpd - 11111

First performance: 24 November 1996, Moscow Autumn
Leonid Drutin, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble conducted by Alexei Vinogradov

SONATA DA CAMERA for Cello and Chamber Ensemble (1998) 18´

solo cello - 1111 - 1100 - 1 perc - pf - 11001

3rd prize in the 4th Gustav Mahler International Composition Prize, Klagenfurt, Austria

First performance: 23 July 1998, Musikforum Viktring-Klagenfurt, Austria
Martin Dörfler, Janus Ensemble conducted by Christoph Cech
Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France
Recording: Le Chant du monde, France

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CHAMBER CONCERTO for Piano and 12 Instrumentalists (2006) 11´

solo piano - 001, bcl,0 - asax, tsax - 1001 - 1 perc - 11111

2nd prize in the International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2006, Luxembourg

First performance: 14 October 2006, Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
Annie Kraus, Luxembourg Sinfonietta conducted by Marcel Wengler
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CONCERTO for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (2010) 17´

solo clarinet - 1101 - 1110 - 2 perc - pf - 11111

Commissioned by the festival New Paths in Music, New York

First performance: 11 June 2010, City University of New York, Elebash Recital Hall
Alan R. Kay, The New Paths Ensemble conducted by David Alan Miller
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CONCERTO for Piano and Concert Band (2010) 11´

solo piano - picc; 2 fl.; 2 ob.; 2 bn.; cl. e flat; 1,2 &3 cl. b flat; bcl.; asax; tsax; barsax; 2 cnt ; 3 tpt.; 4 hn; 3 tbn.; 2 basses; 2 perc.

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Chamber Ensemble
(7 to 15 instruments)

LAMENTO for Chamber Ensemble (1990) 10´

1111 - 1000 - vib, - pf - 10110

First performance: 29 October 1994, 9. Internationales Festival für Neue Musik, Heidelberg
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble conducted by Alexei Vinogradov

FACE TO STAR for Chamber Ensemble (1991) 13´

1111 - 1110 - 2 perc - hp, pf - 10111

First performance: 14 November 1992, Tage für Neue Musik, Zürich
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble conducted by Alexei Vinogradov

Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France
Recording: Le Chant du monde, France

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LOOKING-GLASS MUSIC for Chamber Ensemble (1992) 12´

1110,ten.sax - 0110 - 1 perc - pf/cel - 10111

First performance: 6 April 1993, Zagreb Biennale
Reconcil Ensemble conducted by Roland Freisitzer

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NOW LETTEST THOU... for Chamber Ensemble (1993, rev.2009) 20´

1111 - 1110 - 1 perc - hp,cel - 11111

CON RE for Four Flutes, Alto Saxophone, Violin and Cello (2002) 10´

First performance: 13 May, 2002, Yekaterinburg, festival Lines of Avet Terteryan
Ensemble conducted by Oleg Paiberdin

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CHAMBER SYMPHONY for 13 Instrumentalists (2006) 16´

1110,sopr. sax - 1000 - 1 perc - acc, pf - 11111

Commissioned by the festival Warsaw Autumn

First performance: 28 September 2006, Warsaw Autumn
Polish-German Youth Ensemble conducted by Rüdiger Bohn

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STRINDBERG-IMPRESSIONS for 9 Instruments (2007/08) 8´
- First version: 1111 - 0000 - pf - 10111

First performance: 10 February 2008, Vienna, Arnold Schönberg Center
Ensemble Wiener Collage conducted by René Staar

- Second version: 1111 - 0000 - pf - 11110

First performance: 10 September 2008, Moscow International Music Centre
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble conducted by Alexei Vinogradov

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ORPHEUS TRAVELLING for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello (2008) 15´

Commissioned by Goethe Institut Kiew

First performance: 21 September 2008, Europäischer Musikraum, Kyiv Philharmony
musikFabrik

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MARTHA AND MARY for 8 Cellos (2009) 15´

First performance: 2 October 2009, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Ensemble Cellonet conducted by Andrzej Bauer

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Chamber Ensemble
(3 to 6 instruments)

QUINTET for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (1985/87) 20´

First performance (1st version): 1986, Kyiv

First performance (2nd version): 22 February 2010, Kyiv
Soloists of the National Concert Band of Ukraine, cond. Petro Tovstukha

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ON THE EVE for Two Trumpets, Horn, Trombone and Tuba (1990) 7´

First performance: 22 February 2010, Kyiv
Soloists of the National Concert Band of Ukraine, cond. Petro Tovstukha

Publisher: Alain Van Kerckhoven Editeur, Belgium

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WAY TO MEDITATION for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano (1990) 13´

First performance: 22 February 1991, Amsterdam
Leon Berendsen, Frank van den Brink, Erik Kromhout, Nadia David, Paul Prenen, conducted by Huub Kerstens

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STRING QUARTET (1991) 20´

Dedicated to the Kairos Quartett

First performance: 13 October 2000, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Kairos Quartett

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LOOKING AT THE SKY

- First version for Two Flutes and Piano (4 hands) (1991) ca. 7-10´

First performance: 11 September 1991, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Robert Aitken, Xavier Chabot, Roland Freisitzer, Alexander Shchetynsky

- Second version for Flute, Clarinet and Piano (2 or 4 hands) (1991/96) ca. 7-10´

First performance: 24 April 1996, concert series New Music in Kharkiv
Yuri Trushin, Gennadi Nepomnyashchy, Marina Nikolayeva, Alexander Shchetynsky

- Third version for Flute, Bass Clarinet (or Bassoon) and Piano (1991/2005) ca. 7-10´

Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France
Recording: Le Chant du monde, France

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QUINTET for Recorders (4 Performers), Vibraphone and Tam-tam (1991) 15´

Commissioned by the Tage für Neue Blockflötenmusik Festival

First performance: 17 September 1993, Internationale Tage für Neue Blockflötenmusik, Basel
A. Strube, L. Muzii, U. Maehr, U. Haenggli, F. Pfister, conducted by Hans-Jürg Meier

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A RAY OF HOPE for Flute,Oboe,Viola, Violoncello and Harmonium (or Accordion) (1992) 6´

EPILOGUE
- First version for Clarinet, Piano and String Trio (1993) 15´

First performance: 8 October 1997, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Ensemble Cluster conducted by Andriy Yurkevych

- Second version for String Quartet and Piano (2008) 15´

First performance: 22 November 2008, New York, Ukrainian Institute of America
Biava Quartet and Nadia Shpachenko

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IN LOW VOICES for Clarinet, Violin, 2 Violas, Double Bass and Accordion (1995) 16´

Dedicated to the HEX Ensemble

First performance: 15 May 1995, Youth Music Forum, Kyiv
HEX Ensemble conducted by Richard Sims

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QUINTET
- First version for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Cello and Piano (1995) 22´

Commissioned by the Ensemble Wiener Collage with fundings from the Kulturkontakt-Ostfonds

Dedicated to the Ensemble Wiener Collage

First performance: 13 November 1997, Trieste prima - Incontri Internazionali con la Musica Contemporanea, Triest
Ensemble Wiener Collage

- Second version for Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, Cello and Piano (2011) 22´

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FOUR MOVEMENTS for Clarinet, Viola and Piano (1996) 13´

Dedicated to the Obskura Trio

First performance: 9 October 1997, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Obskura Trio

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PAS DE QUATRE for Alto Saxophone, Trombone, Percussion (1 performer) and Guitar (1999) 9´

Dedicated to the SON Ensemble

First performance: 28 March 2000, Gothenburg, Sweden
SON Ensemble

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CORTÈGE

- First version for Saxophone Quartet (1999) 10´

Dedicated to the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet

First performance: 11 October 1999, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet

- Second version for Clarinet Quartet (Cl. in B/Cl. picc. in Es, Cl. in B, Alto Cl., Bass Cl.) (2007) 10´

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ARABESQUE for Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Viola and Cello (2000) 5´

First performance: 11 January 2001, Vienna, Arnold Schönberg Center
Ensemble Wiener Collage conducted by René Staar

Publisher: Troppe Note Publishing, Inc., Las Vegas

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NO ILLUSIONS for Clarinet, Trombone, Cello and Piano (2001) 5´

First performance: 25 October 2001, Vienna, Porgy & Bess Jazz Club
Ensemble Wiener Collage conducted by René Staar

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GREEN MEADOWS Interlude from the opera The Blind Swallow for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Violin, Viola and Cello (2002) 3´

LOST SONG (2003) 8´

- First version for Alto Saxophone, Percussion (1 performer), Button Accordion and Contrabass

First performance: 18 November 2003, Linz, Brucknerhaus
Ensemble Wiener Collage

- Second version for Alto Saxophone, Percussion (1 performer), Accordion and Cello

First performance: 26 February 2004, Freiburg, Elisabeth-Schneider-Stiftung
ecco - neues ensemble freiburg

- Third version for Clarinet, Percussion (1 performer), Accordion and Cello

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CHRISTMAS TUNES for Oboe, Violin, Cello, Accordion and Piano (2005) 6´

First performance: 21 December 2005, Vienna, Arnold Schönberg Center
Ensemble Wiener Collage conducted by René Staar

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FAREWELL (Music in Memory of V. S. Bibik) for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (2006) 4´30´´

First performance: 22 February 2009, New York, Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center

Ensemble Continuum (Moran Katz, Claire Bryant, Cheryll Seltzer)

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STUDIES OF MOTION AND GESTURES for Oboe, Marimba, Piano, Cello and Double Bass (2007) 13´

Dedicated to Marc Sieffert
First performance: 7 March 2007, Paris, Salle Cortot
Spirales Ensemble conducted by Marc Sieffert

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Chamber Ensemble
(2 instruments)

SONATA for Clarinet and Piano (1982) 19´

First performance: 1982, Kharkiv
Serhiy Nyzkodub, Alexander Shchetynsky

INTERMEZZO for Flute and Piano (1983) 6´

First performance: April 1983, Kharkiv
Mykola Ivanov, Alexander Shchetynsky

Publisher: Alain Van Kerckhoven Editeur, Belgium

ANTIPHONS for Cello and Piano (1983) 12´

First performance: April 1984, Kharkiv
Svyatoslav Yezersky, Alexander Shchetynsky

Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France

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SONATA for Clarinet and Organ (1987) 16´

SUITE for Clarinet and Piano (1987/90) 10´

First performance:
1 and 2 movements - 1987, Kharkiv
Yakov Yakhnin, Alexander Shchetynsky
3 movement - 1990, Omsk, Russia
Serhiy Nyzkodub, Alexander Shchetynsky

Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France

SONATA for Violin and Piano (1990) 15´

First performance: 24 April 1996, concert series New Music in Kharkiv
Alexei Sidorenko, Marina Nikolayeva

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THREE SKETCHES IN QUARTER TONES for Two Guitar (1992) 7´

First performance: November 1993, Würzburg
Reinbert Evers, Wolfgang Weigel

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CROSSWISE

- First version for Alto Saxophone and Cello (1994) 12´

First performance: 2 March 1997, Luxembourg
Marc Sieffert, Olivier Darbellay

- Second version for Clarinet and Cello (1994/96) 12´

First performance: 11 April 1997, Odesa
Oleg Tantsov, Natalia Savinova

Publisher: Gerard Billaudot Editeur S.A., France

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TOGETHER (FIVE PIECES) for Violin and Accordion (1995) 11´

First performance: 18 March 2009, festival Other Space, Moscow
Konstantin Kaznacheyev, Maxim Fedorov

INTROSPECTION for Flute and Harpsichord (1996) 11´

Publisher: Alain Van Kerckhoven Editeur, Belgium

First performance: 28 October 2009, festival Kyiv Music Fest
Dmytro Medolyz, Sofia Gandilyan

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TWO... IN PARALLEL... DISJOINT? for Clarinet and Accordion (1996/98) 7´

First performance: 23 September 2004, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Mykola Hrechukh, Roman Yusipey

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PAS DE DEUX for Two Cellos (1996) 10´

First performance: 13 April 2001, Odesa
Duo Violoncellissimo: Vadym Larchikov, Olga Veselina

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MESSAGE FROM A. W. for Cello and Piano (1996) 2´

First performance: 13 October 1999, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Paul Marleyn, Claudia Chen

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SONATA for Piano and Percussion (2000) 17´

First performance: 19 September 2005, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Yuri Polubelov, Robert Sztorc

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PENDULUM for Trombone and Marimba (2002) 13´

Dedicated to Ivo Nilsson and Jonny Axelsson

First performance: 29 April 2005, Konserthuset in Malmö, Sweden

Ivo Nilsson, Jonny Axelsson

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SEVEN SCREEN SHOTS for Contrabass and Piano (2005) 10´

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SONATA for Cello and Piano (2006) 17´

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Percussion

CRYPTOGRAM for Vibraphone Solo (1989) 7´

First performance: June 1989, Almeida Festival, London
Mark Pekarsky

Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France
Recording: Le Chant du monde, France

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SOUND FOR SOUND for Percussion Ensemble (3 Performers) (1992) 10´

First performance: 5 November 1994, festival Moscow Autumn
Marc Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble

LA NAISSANCE DE SAINT JEAN-BAPTISTE for Children's Soprano, Children's Choir and Percussion (6 Performers) (1992) 10´

Text: St. Luke's and St. John's Gospel; Psalms 105, 123 (in French)

Commissioned by the Radio France

First performance: 11 February 1993, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Présences, Paris
Maîtrise de Radio France, Les Pleiades conducted by Sylvio Gualda

Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France

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THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE for Percussion Ensemble (4 Performers) (1996) 12´

Dedicated to the Marc Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble

First performance: 6 July 1997, Sacro Art, Loccum, Germany
Marc Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble

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SONATA for Piano and Percussion (2000) 17´

First performance: 19 September 2005, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Yuri Polubelov, Robert Sztorc

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REMEMBRANCE IN PRAYER (in memoriam victims of September 11) for Four Timpani Solo (1 performer) (2001) 5´

PENDULUM for Trombone and Marimba (2002) 13´

Dedicated to Ivo Nilsson and Jonny Axelsson

First performance: 29 April 2005, Konserthuset in Malmö, Sweden

Ivo Nilsson, Jonny Axelsson

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Voice and Instruments

FROM PAVLO MOVCHAN'S POETRY Song Cycle for Bass-Barytone and Piano (1984) 23´

Text: Pavlo Movchan (in Ukrainian)

THE PREACHER'S WORD for Soprano and String Quartet (1991) 12´

Text: Ecclesiastes and Psalms 85, 86 (in English)

1st prize in the 4th International Competition in Composition of Sacred Music, Fribourg, Switzerland

First performance: 9 July 1992, Fribourg Festival of Sacred Music, Switzerland
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Arditti String Quartet

Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France
Recording: Le Chant du monde, France

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A SHIP OF ECCENTRICS Song Cycle for Soprano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Cello and Piano (1989-94) 19´

Text: Mother Goose Rhymes translated into Russian by Samuil Marshak

THE BAPTISM, TEMPTATION AND PRAYER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST for Bass, Clarinet, Trombone, Viola, Cello and Double Bass (1996) 15´

Text: St. Matthew's Gospel 3. 13-17, 4. 1-11; St. Luke's Gospel 11. 1-4 (in English)

2nd prize in the 3rd Henri Dutilleux International Composition Competition, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, France

First performance: 29 September 1996, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, France
Jacques Bona, Ensemble Opus 16 conducted by Jacques Pesi

A SONG OF DEGREES

Text: Psalm 130 (in English)

Dedicated in memory of Joseph Purits

- First version for Mezzo-Soprano, Flute (also Alto and Double Bass Flutes or Bass Clarinet), Percussion and Accordion (1997) 10´

- Second version for Contralto, Clarinet (also E-flat Clarinet), Percussion and Accordion (1997/99) 10´

- Third version for Mezzo-Soprano, Flute (also Alto Flute), Clarinet (also Bass Clarinet), Percussion and String Quartet (1997/99) 10´

First performance: 1 December 2010, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
Maggie Mascal and the Contemporary Music Ensemble of the Northwestern University conducted by Viktor Yampolsky

ETUDE ON THE SOUL for Soprano, Tenor and String Orchestra (2000) 4´

Text: Alexei Parin (in Russian)

Commissioned by Goethe-Institut Moskau

First performance: 16/17 June 2000, St. Andrew Church, Moscow
Victoria Yevtodyeva (June 16), Yulia Korpacheva (June 17), Fyodor Lednev, orchestra Opus Posth conducted by Tatiana Grindenko

TWO SONGS OF A WAYFARING PHILOSOPHER

Text: Hryhoriy Skovoroda (in bookish Old Ukrainian)

- First version for Mezzo-Soprano and Viola d'Amore (2000) 9´

Dedicated to Albena Naydenova and Marianne Rönez-Kubitschek

First performance: 22 January, 2002, Vienna
Albena Najdenowa, Marianne Rönez-Kubitschek

- Second version for Mezzo-Soprano and Viola (2001) 9´

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A SERMON ON THE MOUNT for Soprano, Alto Saxophone and Piano (2004) 5´

Text: St. Matthew's Gospel 5. 2-10, 12 (in Ancient Greek)

First performance: 26 October, 2004, Yekaterinburg Philharmony Hall
Svetlana Krupina, Yevgeniy Moroz, Igor Stefanovsky

THE MOST NEEDFUL GIFT for Mezzo Soprano, Organ and Little Bell (2011) 13´

Text: Hryhoriy Skovoroda (in bookish Old Ukrainian)

Choir a cappella or with One Instrument

SVIT VO OTKROVENIYE (LIGHT TO LIGHTEN) Sacred Cantata for Mixed Choir a cappella and Two Bells (1989) 15´

SSAATTBB
Text: prayers of the Orthodox Church (in Old Slavonic)

First performance: 29 April 2004, 3rd Festival of Contemporary Sacred Music, Uzhhorod
Chamber choir Cantus conducted by Emil Sokach

Recording: NAXOS

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REQUIEM (FRAGMENTS) for Mixed Choir and Organ (1991) 11´

Choir: SATB

Text: Catholic liturgy (in Latin)

First performance: 8 November 2003, festival Arvo Pärt – the Borderlander, Sejny, Poland
Chamber choir Gloria conducted by Volodymyr Syvokhip

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PATER NOSTER for Female or Children’s Choir and Flute (1999) 4´30´´

Choir: SA

Text: St. Luke's Gospel 11. 2-4 (in Latin)
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IN THE SECRET PLACE for Mixed Choir a cappella (2000) 7´

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Text: Psalm 91 (in English)

KNOW YOURSELF Symphony for Mixed Choir a cappella (2003) 35´

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Text: Hryhory Skovoroda and other sources (in bookish Old Ukrainian, Old Slavonic, Ancient Greek, and Latin)

First performance: 5 May 2006, 4th Festival of Contemporary Sacred Music, Uzhhorod
Chamber choir Cantus conducted by Emil Sokach

Recording: NAXOS

Publisher: Acta Scientific Publisher

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DYPTICH for Mixed Choir a cappella (2006/11) 8´

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Text: Beati (Mat. 5.3-12), Pater noster (Mat. 6.9-13) (in Latin)

SLOBOZHANSKI PISNI (SONGS OF SLOBOZHANSHCHYNA) for Mixed Choir a cappella (2007) 23´

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Text: Ukrainian folk songs (in Ukrainian)

THREE EASTER CHORUSES for Mixed Choir a cappella (2008/09) 6´

1. First Easter Antiphon
two choirs: SATB - SATB

2. Second Easter Antiphon

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3. Christ is Risen
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Text: prayers of the Orthodox Church (in Old Slavonic)

First performance: 4 May 2008, 7th Moscow Easter Festival (1st and 3rd movments)
Chamber choir Credo conducted by Bohdan Plish

Piano Solo/Duo

KHARKIV MUSIC for Piano (1981/89) 15´

First performance: 1991, Italy
Piotr Lachert

Publisher: Alain Van Kerckhoven Editeur, Belgium

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PRAISE YE THE NAME OF THE LORD for Piano (1988) 27´

First performance: 10 June 1989, Almeida Festival, London
Yvar Mikhashoff

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PRAYER FOR THE CUP for Piano (1990) 10´

First performance: 17 May 1994, Youth Music Forum, Kyiv
Jozsef Örmény

Recording: TNC Recordings, USA

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SONATA for 2 Pianos (1992) 23´

First performance: 5 November 1993, Bonner Herbst
Cheryl Seltzer, Joel Sachs (Ensemble Continuum, USA)

IN PRIVATE for Piano (1994) 9´

First performance: 17 April 1997, Ghent, Belgium
Elena Letnanová

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DOUBLE REFLECTION (Prelude in Memory of D. Shostakovich) for Piano (2006) 5´

First performance: 3 October 2009, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Oleg Bezborodko

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Accordion Solo

SONATA for Button Accordion (1983) 15´

Dedicated to Joseph Purits

First performance: 21 October 1984, Moscow
Joseph Purits

Publisher: Prokordeon Klaus Werner, Hannover

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SUMNA PISNYA (SAD SONG) for Button Accordion (1984) 6´

First performance: 1985, Moscow
Joseph Purits

Publisher: Prokordeon Klaus Werner, Hannover

4 INVENTIONS for Button Accordion (1985) 10´

First performance: 1988, Moscow
Joseph Purits

Publisher: Prokordeon Klaus Werner, Hannover

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POCO MISTERIOSO for Button Accordion (1991) 9´

First performance: September 1992, Oslo
Joseph Puritz

Other Instruments Solo

SONATA for Viola Solo (1985/87) 14´

First performance: November 1989, Minsk
Yevgeniy Amstibovsky

Publisher: Le Chant du Monde, France

LENTO PENSIEROSO for Bassoon Solo (1994) 6´

Compulsory piece at Kharkiv International Competition for Young Clarinettists and Bassoonists

Dedicated to Valeri Popov

First performance: 9 January 1995, Kharkiv
participants of the Kharkiv International Competition for Young Clarinettists and Bassoonists
Recording: Le Chant du monde, France

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ARIA for Trombone Solo (1994) 9´

First performance: 14 October 1998, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Ivo Nilsson

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ASIDE for Clarinet Solo (1996/98) 6´

First performance: 22 April 2001, festival Ilkhom-XX, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Oleg Tantsov
Recording: Le Chant du monde, France

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UTTERANCE

- First version for Bass Clarinet Solo (1998) 7´

First performance: 5 July 2002, Santa Fe
Gareth Davis

- Second version for Bass Saxophone Solo (1998/99) 7´

- Third version for Baritone Saxophone Solo (1998/99) 7´

Dedicated to Christoph Kirschke

First performance: 26 October 2000, Freiburg
Christoph Kirschke

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License this music for commercial use through Pump Audio

SHAPES AND COLOURS for Organ (1999) 10´

Commissioned by Hervé Désarbre and Le Chant du Monde

Dedicated to Hervé Désarbre

First performance: 11 October 2000, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Hervé Désarbre

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FIVE MINIATURES for Guitar Solo (2000-01) 12´

Dedicated to Magnus Andersson
First performance (two movements): 20 September 2003, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Magnus Andersson

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SONATA for Cello Solo (2001) 14´

Dedicated to Alexander Zagorinsky
First performance: 20 September 2006, Moscow
Alexander Zagorinsky

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MEDITATON for Guitar Solo (2008) 1´

Dedicated to Volodymyr Homenyuk

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SONATA for Violin Solo (2009) 13´

Dedicated to Gabrielle Brunner

First performance: 25 April 2009, festival Two Days and Two Nights, Odesa
Gabrielle Brunner

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FIVE ETUDES for Alto Flute Solo (2011) 6´

Tape Music

NEAR THE ENTRANCE for Tape (1991) 9´15´´

Realized at the Electroacoustic Music Studio at the Kraków Music Academy

First performance: 4 June 1998, Days of Kraków Composers' Music

SADOK VYSHNEVY (CHERRY ORCHARD)
musique concrète in memory of Taras Shevchenko for Tape (2008) 3´43´´

Film Music

LAS MENINAS

Music to Ihor Podolchak's film (2006)
Premiere: 25 January 2008, 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam (selected for the Tiger Awards Competition)
DELIRIUM

Music to Ihor Podolchak's film (2010)

Orchestrations

A. SCHÖNBERG. 6 KLEINE KLAVIERSTÜCKE, op.19 for Chamber Ensemble (1997) 7´

1111 - 1110 - 10111

Commissioned by the Austrien Embassy in Ukraine for the festival Contrasts, Lviv

Arranged with permission of Universal Edition AG Wien

First performance: 11 October 1997, festival Contrasts, Lviv
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble conducted by Alexei Vinogradov

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E. de' CAVALIERI. RAPPRESENTATIONE DI ANIMA E DI CORPO
Sacred Performance in Three Acts with Prologue
Instrumentation and performance adaptation for 8 singers and 8 instruments (2003) ca 70´

soprani I, II, III, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritones I, II, bass
Oboe (also Percussion), Bassoon (also Percussion), String Quartet, Guitar, Harmonium (or Accordion)

Commissioned by Ludwigsburg Festival
First performance: 9 July 2003, Ludwigsburg Festival, Germany
Soloists of the Helikon Opera and Novaya Opera conducted by Teodor Currentzis

R. STRAUSS. 4 LETZTE LIEDER for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (2008) 22´

soprano - 1111 - 1110 - pno - 11111

First performance: 22 September 2008, Europäischer Musikraum, Kyiv Philharmony
Olha Chubareva, Kyiv Sinfonietta conducted by Vitaly Protasov

E. GRIEG. PIANO CONCERTO for Piano and String Orchestra (2011) 30´

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