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Chimes: Upon Reading V. M. Shukshin

Chimes: Upon Reading V. M. Shukshin () 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. 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 .

Instrumentation

The instrumentation for Chimes is as follows:

Woodwind
Oboe
Percussion
Timpani
Triangle
Snare drum
Whip
Cymbals
Bass drum
Tam-tam
Tubular bells
Voices
Soprano solo
Tenor solo
Speaker (male voice)
SATB choir (sopranos dived into two sections)

Movements

References