Works
Selected works (1996-2005):
Symphony Orchestra
Variations on chords: Distances for Symphony Orchestra (2003)
Instrumentation: picc., 2 fl., 3 ob. (ob. III = Engl. hrn.), 3 cl. (cl. I in B flat, cl. II in A = E-fl., cl. III in B flat = Bass cl. in B-fl.), 3 bsn., (bsn. III = cbsn.), 4 hrn., 3 tpt., 3 tbn. (tbn. III = Bass trbn.), tba., timp., 2 perc. (xyl., bass mar. or mar., susp. cymb., sizzle cymb., w.bl., 4 t.-toms, 5 t.-bl., tub. bells, snare dr., bass dr., slapstick, wind chimes., t.-tam, glock.), harp., pno, vln. I, vln. II, vla, vc., cb. Premiere: October 24, 2003 Venue: Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Performers: Eastman Philharmonia, conductor Clay Greenberg Duration: approx. 10 min. Recording and score are available from composer
Little Red Riding Hood, ballet for children (1996)
Instrumentation: picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 B-fl. Cl., B-fl. Bass cl., 2 bsn., cbsn., 2 hrn., 2 tpt., 2 tbn., perc. (timp., glock., cel., xyl., tub. bells, triag., ratchet, slapstick, tamb., susp. cymb., cymb., bass dr., dr. set), cemb., pno, harp, vln I., vln. II, vla, vc., cb. Premiere: December 1997 Venue: The State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of N.Novgorov (N.Novgorod, Russia) Performers: Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and the College of Choreography of N.Novgorod-city (Russia) Duration: approx. 1 hour Orchestra and piano scores are available from composer The Philosophy of Walls, contemporary dance (2005)
Instrumentation: tape Premiere: March 13-15, 2005 Venue: Theatre of Nations (Teatr Natsiy; Moscow, Russia) Choreographer: K. Grouss Duration: approx. 50 min.
Chamber Concerto for 2 Pianos (1996-7) Movements: 5 Instrumentation: 2 pianos Premiere: TBA Performers: Vera Ivanova and Petr Appolonov Venue: Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory Duration: approx. 14-15 minutes Recording and score are available from composer
Audio
Score Samples:
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[Mvmt.5] 2 Pieces for Saxophone and Piano (2000)
Instrumentation: saxophone and piano Duration: approx. 6 and 5 min. Score is available from composer Night music for fourteen players (2001) Instrumentation: fl. dbl. picc., ob., B-fl. cl. dbl. Bass, bsn. dbl. cbsn., hrn., tpt., trn., perc., harp, 2 vln., vla., vc., cb. Premiere: December 3, 2003 Performers: OSSIA New Music, conductor Jairo Duarte-Lopez Venue: Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Duration: approx. 6 min. 30 sec. Recording and score are available from composer Chant for Soprano and six instruments (2001)
Instrumentation: sopr., fl., ob., cl., tpt., pno, vln. Premiere: summer 2001 Venue: Dartington Summer School (Dartington, U.K.) Performers: conductor – Vinko Globakar, Kate Lukas (fl.), Melinda Maxwell (ob.), Alan Hacker (cl.), Jonathan Impett (tpt.), Rolf Hind (pno), Susanne Stanzelheit (vln.) Duration: approx. 4 min. 15 sec. Score is available from composer Song not Sung for String Quartet (2001)
Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello Premiere: 2001 Performers: Olivier Pigeut, Carolina Seibt, M.-L. Anton, Kalina Dimitrova. Venue: Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, U.K.) Duration: approx. 8 min. 30 sec. Recording and score are available from composer Fantasy-Toccata for Violin and Piano (2003)
Instrumentation: violin and piano Premiere: April 13, 2004 Performers: Oleh Krysa and Tatiana Tchekina Venue: Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Duration: approx. 6 min. Recording and score are available from composer Refrains & Ritornellos for nine players (2004)
Instrumentation: ob., cl. in E-fl. dbl. B-fl., bsn., hrn., tpt., tbn, 2 vln., vc. Premiere: February 28, 2005 Performers: Musica Nova, conductor Brad Lubman Venue: Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Duration: approx. 5 min. 10 sec. Recording and score are available from composer Fragments for Piano Trio (2004)
Instrumentation: violin, cello and piano Premiere: August 12, 2004 Performers: Polina Kozhevnikova, Emily Brausa, Elizabeth Etroyer Venue: Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, CO, U.S.A.) Duration: approx. 2 min. 40 sec. Recording and score are available from composer Winter Music for seventeen players (2005)
Instrumentation: fl. dbl. picc., ob., B-fl. cl., bsn., hrn., tpt., tbn., 2 perc., harp, 2 vln., vla., vc., cb. Premiere: February 9, 2005 Performers: Composers’ Sinfonietta Venue: Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Duration: approx. 5 min. 40 sec. Recording and score are available from composer Six for Six for 6 players (2004-5), 3 movements are in progress
Movements: 6 Instrumentation: fl. dbl. picc. & alto, B-fl. cl. dbl. bass & E-fl., p-no, perc., vln., vc. Premiere: November 27, 2004 Performers: Moscow Contemporary Ensemble Venue: Great Hall of the Moscow Composers’ House (Moscow, Russia) Duration: approx. 20 min. Recording and score are available from composer Surface Tension for Violin and Koto (2006) Instrumentation: Violin and Koto (17-string Bass koto) Premiere: TBA Performers: Pia Liptak and Ryuko Mizutani Venue: TBA Duration: c. 6 min. Score is available from composer Still Images of Restless Mind for Chamber Orchestra (2006) Instrumentation:
fl. (= alto and picc.), ob. (= Engl. hrn.), 2 cl. in B flat (cl. II = Bass cl. in B-fl.), 2 bsn., (bsn. II = cbsn.),
2 hrn., 1 tpt., 2 tbn. (tbn. II = Bass trbn.), 2 perc. (crotales, marimba, vibraphone, 2 susp. cymb., 2 w.bl., 4 t.-toms,
snare drum, med. gong, tam-tam, 2 bongos, 2 timbales, tub. bells, almglocken), harp., pno, vln. I, vln. II, vla, vc., cb. Premiere: March 9, 2006 Performer: Composers' Sinfonietta Venue: Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Duration: c. 12 min. Score is available from composer
Songs for voice(s) and piano
Setting of Poems by Daniil Kharms (2001-2):
Instrumentation: soprano and piano Performers: Claire Booth and Nigel Foster Duration: approx. 4 min. Each Tuesday Instrumentation: soprano and piano Performers: Sofia Serra and Nigel Foster Duration: approx. 2 min. Khaldeyev, Naldeyev… Instrumentation: tenor, three baritones and piano Performers: TBA Duration: approx. 2 min. Texts: Daniil Kharms Language: English Spring (2002)
Instrumentation: baritone and piano Text: Arthur Rimbaud’s poems and letters in Richard Lea’s adaptation Language: English and French Duration: approx. 8 min. Premiere: TBA Venue: Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, U.K.) Recordings and scores are available from composer
UN~NOW for Solo Voice (2000)
Instrumentation: voice incl. extended techniques and range Text: Daniil Kharms Language: English Premiere: TBA Performers: Judith Caplan Venue: Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, U.K.) Duration: approx. 5 min. Score is available from
Universal Edition, Vienna, UE 31899 Recording is available from composer Escape for Piano with optional electronics (2001)
Instrumentation: piano incl. extended techniques; optional electronics: PD patch, laptop, mixer, 2 loudspeakers, 2 microphones Premiere: December 10, 2003 Performers: David Plylar (pno), Christopher Brakel (electronics and PD patch) Venue: Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Duration: approx. 12 min. 25 sec. Score and recording are available from composer Confession for Solo Violin (2001)
Instrumentation: violin Premiere: April 24, 2003 Performer: Christopher Otto Venue: Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Duration: approx. 10 min. 20 sec. Score and recording are available from composer Aftertouch for Solo Piano (2005)
Instrumentation: piano Premiere: March 9, 2006 Performer: Daniela Mineva Venue: Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Duration: c. 7-8 min. Score is available from composer Black Echo for Solo Piano (2006) Instrumentation: piano Premiere: May 7, 2006 Performer: Winnie Cheung Venue: Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Duration: c. 3 min. Score is available from composer
Featherweight (2001)
Instrumentation: alto saxophone, percussion (cymbals and vibraphone plus a bow) and tape Studio: Guildhall School of Music (London, U.K.) Premiere: March 19-22, 2001 Venue: London Contemporary Dance School at the Place (London, U.K.) Duration: 6 min. 32 sec. Recording and score are available from composer Soma for tape (2001)
Instrumentation: tape Studio: Guildhall School of Music (London, U.K.) Premiere: May 17, 2002 Venue: Moscow Culture Center “DOM,” Moscow International Festival of electro-acoustic music and multimedia “Altermedium 2.0: well-tempered noise” (Moscow, Russia) Duration: 15 min. 16 sec. Recording is available from composer Panic. Melancholy for tape (2001-2)
Movements: 2 Instrumentation: tape Studio: Theremin Center (Moscow, Russia) Premiere: April 13, 2003 Venue: Theremin Center for electro-acoustic music and multi-media (Moscow, Russia) Duration: 11 min. 14 sec. Recording is available from composer Cecilia’s giorno for tape (2004)
Instrumentation: tape Studio: ECMC, Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Premiere: May 2, 2004 Venue: All Purpose Room (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) Duration: 5 min. 29 sec. Recording is available from composer
Conflict & Resolution (2004)
Instrumentation: conductor, picc., fl. I and II, (opt. ob.), B-fl. cl. I and II, B-fl. Bass cl., bsn., E-fl. alto sax. I and II, B-fl. ten. sax., E-fl. barit. sax., B-fl. tpt. I, II and III, hrn., tbn I and II, tba, (opt. vln., vc., cb.), timp. (C,D), gong, xyl., glock., ( opt. african dr. I and II) Premiere: May 13, 2004 Performers: Monroe Middle School World Ensemble, director Don Sherman Venue: Monroe High School Duration: approx. 10 min. Score is available from composer A Tale of Two Mockingbirds (2005)
Instrumentation: conductor, picc., fl. I and II, (opt. ob.), B-fl. cl. I and II, B-fl. Bass cl., bsn., E-fl. alto sax. I and II, B-fl. ten. sax., E-fl. barit. sax., B-fl. tpt. I, II and III, hrn., tbn I and II, tba, (opt. vln., vc., cb.), 3 timp., snare dr., xyl., glock., cymb. Premiere: May 13, 2004 Performers: Monroe Middle School World Ensemble, director Don Sherman Premiere: TBA Performers: Monroe High School World Ensemble, director Don Sherman Venue: Monroe High School Duration: approx. 30-35 min. Score is available from composer
Music theatre
Large and chamber ensembles
Songs for voice(s) and piano
Solo instruments and voice
Electro-acoustic music
Music for band (grade 2-3)
[Commissioned by the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and the College of Choreography of N.Novgorod-city (Russia)]
[Commissioned through the Moscow Culture Committee grant “Open Stage” by the Theatre of Nations (Moscow, Russia)]
[Commissioned by Oleh Krysa]
Lead me away
[Commissioned by Richard Lea]
[Commissioned through the Champions of Active Learning (CAL) grant, funded by the J.P. Morgan-Chase Foundation]
[Commissioned by The Commission Project]