Forbidden Weinberg: Cantata “Pyotr Plaksin”. The Experience of First Interpretation

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-95
Author(s):  
Ю.Б. Абдоков
Keyword(s):  
Russian Music ◽  
History Of ◽  
Concert Halls

Творчество Моисея (Мечислава) Самуиловича Вайнберга (1919–1996) переживает в последнее десятилетие настоящий ренессанс. Театральные постановки, фестивали, концерты на  лучших сценах России, Европы и  Америки, выпуск новых компакт-дисков на  крупнейших звукозаписывающих лейблах, переиздание многих партитур — всё это, казалось бы, исчерпало возможности открытий в  обширном наследии художника. Между тем, при содействии родных композитора, по инициативе Международной Творческой мастерской «Terra Musica» один из лучших отечественных коллективов — Камерная капелла «Русская Консерватория» под руководством дирижера Николая Хондзинского — осуществила мировые премьеры партитур, которые по разным обстоятельствам многие десятилетия находились под спудом. Речь идет о двух кантатах, созданных в 1966 году: «Петр Плаксин» по  одноименной поэме Юлиана Тувима и  «Хиросимские пятистишия» на  стихи Мутэноси Фукагава. Статья отражает историю создания, опыт исследования и подготовки первого исполнения (студийной записи) кантаты «Петр Плаксин», воплощающей выдающееся мастерство Вайнберга и  при этом неизвестной даже узкому кругу специалистов, изучающих отечественную музыку второй половины ХХ столетия. Образная палитра и тембровая поэтика кантаты — поэтические аспекты, рассмотрев которые, можно более объемно осмыслить важные свойства авторского стиля, а также резонанс художественных открытий Вайнберга в современном музыкальном пространстве. In the last decade, the music of Moisey (Mieczysław) Samuilovich Weinberg (1919–1996) has been experiencing a real Renaissance. Theatre productions, festivals, concerts at the best Russian, European and American concert halls, new CDs recorded by  the leading recording labels, issuing new editions of many scores — all this seems to have exhausted the possibilities of discoveries in the vast heritage of the artist. However, on the initiative of the International Art Workshop “Terra musica” and with the assistance of Weinberg’s relatives one of the best Russian ensembles, “Russian Conservatory”, conducted by Nikolay Khondzinsky, performed world premieres of the scores that, for various reasons, had been under a bushel for many decades. It is about his two year cantatas created in 1966 — Pyotr Plaksin on the words of Julian Tuwim and Hiroshima Five-line Stanzas on poems by Mutenosi Fukagava. The article reflects the history of the composition, research and rehearsal experience that preceded the first performance (recording) of cantata Pyotr Plaksin, which embodies an outstanding mastery of Weinberg and still remains unknown even in the narrow circle of researchers of the Russian music of the second half of the XX century. Figurative palette and timbral poetics of the cantata are those aspects of examination, due to which one can distinctively comprehend the  main features of composer's style and resonance of Weinberg’s discoveries in the modern musical environment.

scholarly journals Vocal Symphony of Boris Tishchenko

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Iurii Eduardovich Serov
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Multiple Images ◽  
Russian Music ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Performance

The subject of this research is the monumental vocal-symphonic piece of the prominent Russian composer of the second half of the XX century Boris Tishchenko. His Symphony No.6 s based on the poems by A. Naiman, A. Akhmatova, O. Mandelstam, M. Tsvetaeva and V. Levinzon, completed in 1989, and tribute to Yevgeny Alexandrovich Mravinsky, who passed away a year before. Poetic lines that form the backbone of the symphony contain multiple images resembling death, which imparts a profound meaning, a moment of personal experience in dedication to the prominent conductor. Special attention is given to the symphonic dramaturgy of the Symphony No.6, the problem of interrelation between music and poetry, realization of the complex literary texts in the ultimately modern symphonism of Boris Tishchenko. The conclusion is made that Tishchenko is absolutely seamless in this vocal-symphonic opus and reveres his coauthors. The translates everything into the music, without missing a tiny thing that can reveal its meaning and beauty. At the same time, the circle of poetic images, semantics of the verse were transformed in accordance with his worldview. The novelty is defined by the fact that this article is first in Russian musicology, to comprehensively analyze the Symphony No.6  by Boris Tishchenko, reveal its semantics, and performance difficulties. The author attributes this symphonic composition of Boris Tishchenko to most remarkable in the history of Russian music.

History of Russian Music. Volume I: From Its Origins to Dargomyzhsky

Notes ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Malcolm H. Brown ◽  
Gerald R. Seaman ◽  
Richard Anthony Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Russian Music ◽  
History Of

AFTER READING "HAMLET": THREE VIEWS ON A MASTERPIECE BY W. SHAKESPEARE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 96-102
Author(s):  
M. P. Zachinyaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Translation ◽  
Boris Pasternak ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Russian Music ◽  
Main Emphasis ◽  
History Of

This article is devoted to modern interpretations of W. Shakespeare's famous play in Russian music at the turn of the XXth — XXIst centuries on the example of R. Shchedrin's "Hamlet Ballad" — an instrumental work for the cello ensemble (2004), operas of the same name by S. Slonimsky (1991) and V. Kobekin (2006). Little-known pages from the history of creation and stage fate of "Hamlet Ballad" by R. Shchedrin are opened. The main emphasis in the publication is placed on the work of Vladimir Kobekin as the most radically read domestic version of the classic tragedy of the English playwright. The author defines the historical preconditions and reasons explaining the genre transformation of the opera into a comedy. Moreover, the author considers the distinctive features of Arkady Zastyrets's play, on which V. Kobekin relies in his libretto, from the "classical" Russian translation by Boris Pasternak, which is the basis of the opera by S. Slonimsky. The facts of the creative biography of contemporary Russian playwright and translator Arkady Zastyrets (1959–2019) are more fully revealed. The article also touches upon the musical dramaturgy of V. Kobekin's opera "Hamlet".

scholarly journals Symphonies by B. Tishchenko: in tune with the times, against the troubled times. Part 1

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Iurii Eduardovich Serov
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Detailed Consideration ◽  
Russian Music ◽  
The Sixties ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Times

The research subject is the scope of symphonic works of an outstanding Russian composer of the late 20th century Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko (1939 - 2010). The article continues a brief analysis of all 17 symphonies of the composer, and considers his works of the 1980s - the 2000s: French Symphony, Pushkin Symphony, Dante Symphonies, and Symphonies No 7, 8, 9.  The author considers in detail such aspects of the topic as Tishchenko’s innovatory role in the renewal of Russian symphonism of the second half of the 20th century, the interrelation between and poetry in his large orchestra compositions, the significant impact of literary concepts on the development of his symphonism. Special attention is given to Tishchenko succeeding to the great Russian symphonic tradition. The main idea of the article is that Tishchenko is one of the few in his generation who remained committed to the genre of a large “pure” symphony and succeeded to his genius teacher D. Shostakovich. A special author’s contribution to the development of the topic is a detailed consideration of all symphonic works by Tischenko. Such a research has never been held in the history of Russian music before. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the fact that the author proves a close connection between Tishchenko’s symphonism with his time and the controversial cultural and social processes suffered by the composers of the sixties.  

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich: A Posthumous Dialogue

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 496-509
Author(s):  
Grigory A. Moiseev
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
The State ◽  
State Archive ◽  
Musical Work ◽  
Russian Music ◽  
Source Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
First Time ◽  
Creative Cooperation

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich (the august poet K. R.) were linked by many years of friendship and creative cooperation. After the composer’s death (October 25, 1893), K. R. became involved in the process of perpetuating his memory. The posthumous dialogue was manifested in various forms: Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich’s participation in church and secular memorial ceremonies, private commemorations, and his close communication with M.I. Tchaikovsky and V.L. Davydov — the composer’s brother and nephew. In addition, K. R. reexamined his creative and epistolary communication with the composer, whose memory he would pass on to his children. These and other aspects are considered in three sections of the proposed article: 1) “Under the Sign of the Liturgy Op. 41” (this spiritual and musical work runs through the whole life of the Grand Duke); 2) “The Grand Duke and M.I. Tchaikovsky” (a key figure in the “human” aspect); 3) “K. R. Reads ‘The Life of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’” (one of the most important findings was a copy of the book ‘The Life of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’, which belonged to Grand Duke and bears his notes; they retrospectively reflect the process of in-depth family reading). The article is based on documentary materials from Russian and foreign collections (including the State Archive of the Russian Federation and the Library of Congress, USA), many of which are introduced into scientific use for the first time. The article uses methods of comparative source studies. The materials of the article can be used in a course of the history of Russian music, as well as in a modern commented edition of the epistolary heritage and diaries of P.I. Tchaikovsky, M.I. Tchaikovsky and Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich.

Educational and Methodical Literature for the Clavier and Piano in the History of Russian Music Publishing of the Second Half of the 18th — Early 20th Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 657-668
Author(s):  
Olga V. Radzetskaya
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Piano Performance ◽  
Music Publishing ◽  
Russian Music ◽  
Russian State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Music Publishers ◽  
Production Output ◽  
State Library

The Russian piano school is a unique phenomenon in the global cultural space, a multifaceted and creative phenomenon, a source of creative insights and vivid interpretations. The history of Russian piano performance is deeply and comprehensively studied and is characterized by a wide semantic range. A special place in it is occupied by educational and methodical literature produced by major music publishers in Moscow and St. Petersburg during their formation and development.The appeal to this topic is connected with the need to create a primary idea of the activities of music publishers for the production of educational materials in the historical dynamics and perspective. This complex process can be perceived as a synthesis of European traditions and Russian experience — a multidimensional multifunctional landscape of the era, illustrative reflection of important events in the cultural life of the country.The specificity of the problem has an impressive demonstration volume. It includes the strategy and tactics of development of Russian music publishing companies, production of educational and scientific-methodical literature by Russian and foreign authors, stages in the development of piano art, increase in the production output, achievements of the Russian piano school and its unique pedagogical experience.“P. Jurgenson” company’s catalogues, stored in the Russian State library, reflect the trends and directions that were dominant in the educational literature for piano. They include well-established, tested methods of piano playing, collections of exercises, and anthologies that enriched the pedagogical repertoire with compositions to develop of the technical base of students and expand the arsenal of its expressive means. The study aims at a primary classification of “P. Jurgenson” publishing house’s educational resources recorded in its catalogues of the late 19th — early 20th century.

A History of Russian Music

1957 ◽  
Vol 98 (1367) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
M. Montagu-Nathan ◽  
Richard Anthony Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Russian Music ◽  
History Of

A History of Russian Music

1971 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
V. Fedorov ◽  
Richard Anthony Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Russian Music ◽  
History Of
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