Choral SATB choir SKU: CF.CM9373
On Reading V. Shukshyn—Choral Symphony—Action. Composed by Valery Gavrilin. Edited by Elena Sharkova. Fold. Performance Score. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #CM9373. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9373). ISBN 9780825889196. UPC: 798408089191. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: D minor. Russian.
Russian composer Valery Gavrilin (b. 1939, Volodga; d. 1999, St. Petersburg) completed his thirteen movement composition Chimes in 1982 and subtitled it Upon Reading V. Shukshyn Miracle Play - Choral Symphony. Throughout the piece one finds the image of an endless road - as a river of life - travelled by generation to generation. The tenor solo and narrator are pivotal in this dark story-telling second movement while the chorus repeatedly responds with tolling bells and ticking clocks.