Yury Kasparov

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Yuri Sergeyevich Kasparov, also Yury Kasparov, Juri Kasparow, Yuri Kasparoff, Yury Kasparoff, Yury S. Kasparov, Yuri S. Kasparov, Youri Kasparov (born June 8, 1955, Moscow) is a Russian composer.

Kasparov graduated from the Moscow Power Institute in 1978 and the Moscow Conservatory in 1984, where he had post-graduate studies in composition with Edison Denisov from 1984-91.

[edit] Selected works

  • STAGE: Nevermore (mono-opera, libretto by Edgar Allan Poe), baritone, small orchestra (17 players), 1992; The end of ideas is nigh! (interactive opera, libretto by Sergey Volchenko), soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2001
  • ORCHESTRAL: Symphony No. 1, 'Guernica', large orchestra (96 players), 1984; Symphony No. 2, 'Kreutzer-Sinfonie', large orchestra (80 players), 1987; Linkos (sequence), 1988; Diffusion, off-stage tuba, 3 orchestral groups (29 total players), 1988; Concerto, oboe, orchestra (3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 3 trombones, harp, banjo, organ, amplified harpsichord [+ prepared piano, celesta], 6 percussion, 26 strings), 1988; Genesis (Microsymphony), 1989; Silencium (Chamber Symphony No. 1), small orchestra (14 players), 1989; Devil's Trills (Variations on Tartini's theme), small orchestra (16 players), 1990; Of Eternal Peace (chamber concerto), bassoon, small orchestra (14 players), 1992; Logos – Concerto for Orchestra, 1993; Touching (Chamber Symphony No. 2), small orchestra (16 players), 1995; Seven Illusory Images of Memory, small orchestra (16 players), 1995; Concerto, bassoon, orchestra, 1996; The World as It Is (musical picture), large orchestra (91 players), 1997; Beyond Time (Variations on Denisov's theme), small orchestra (14 players), 1998; Concerto, cello, large orchestra (70 players), 1998; Symphony No. 3, 'L'Ecclésiaste', 1999; DSCH-Meditation, organ, 20 strings, 2000; The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, large orchestra, 2002, Les Symboles de Picasso, small orchestra (12 players), 2003; Castles in the Air, flute orchestra (24 players), 2003; C'est la vie (concerto), flute, large orchestra (67 players), 2003; Obélisque (concerto), organ, large orchestra (70 players), 2005; Le cauchemar de nuit de l'agent Fix (plaisanterie musical d'après Jules Verne), string orchestra, 2005
  • CHAMBER MUSIC: Epitaph in Memory of Alban Berg, oboe, harp, violin, percussion, 1988; Invention, string quartet, 1989; Sonata-Infernale, bassoon, 1989; Sketch of a picture with collage, trumpet, violin, piano, 1990; Variations, clarinet, piano, 1990; Postludio, harp, 1990; Cantus Firmus, violin, 1990; Landscape fading into infinity, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1991; Goat Song, bassoon, double bass, percussion, 1991; Notturno, clarinet, violin, piano, 1991; Chaconne, bassoon, cello, live electronics, 1992; Schoenberg's Space, violin, cello, piano, 1993; Briefly about a serious matter, trombone, organ, 1994; Game of Gale, tenor saxophone, piano, marimba, 1995; 12 Samples of Interrelations between bassoon, 8 double basses and 8 kettledrums, 1996; Chorale, 4 double basses, 1997; Scrappy Reflections, cello, piano, percussion, 1997; Gas-Bag, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, 1997; Crossthoughts, bassoon, 4 celli, 1998; Light and Shade – Setting off (Chamber Symphony No. 3), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1999; Concertando con forza tanta, cello, piano, 1999; Ghost of Music, clarinet, bassoon, organ, percussion, 2002; Lullaby for Sonia Marmeladoff, harp, string quartet, 2004; Hommage à Honegger, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, string quartet, 2005; Dialogue with commentaries, double bass, piano, 2005
  • CHORAL: Ave Maria, 12 mixed voices, violin, organ, vibraphone, 1989
  • VOCAL: Stabat Mater, soprano, string quartet, 1991; A dream (text by Edgar Allan Poe), soprano, organ, 1996; Effet de nuit (text by Paul Verlaine), bass-baritone, clarinet, French horn, cello, piano, vibraphone, 1996; Trois Fables de Jean de La Fontaine, bass-baritone, oboe, clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, percussion, 1997; The Magic Violin (text by Nikolay Gumilyov), mezzo-soprano, tape, 2001
  • PIANO: Reminiscence, piano, tape, 1993; Quintessence, 2003
  • ORGAN: Credo, 1990; La Bonne Humeur de Monsieur Degeyter (musical joke), 2000; The Lesson of Democracy. Teacher and Pupil (musical joke), 2002; Lontano, organ, tape, 2005

[edit] Discography

  • Devil's Trills (Variations on Tartini's theme). Alexei Vinogradov/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga: MK 417036, 1991)
  • Notturno. Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Olympia: OCD 282, 1991)
  • Epitaph in Memory of Alban Berg. Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Olympia: OCD 283, 1991)
  • Sonata-Infernale. Valery Popov, bassoon (Olympia: OCD 295, 1992)
  • Ave Maria; Concerto (oboe); Genesis (Microsymphony); Invention; Linkos; Stabat Mater. Vladimir Ponkin/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble; Moscow Symphony Cinema Orchestra (Olympia: OCD 296, 1992)
  • Goat Song. Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Olympia: OCD 297, 1992)
  • Landscape fading into infinity; Nevermore (overture); Credo; Cantus Firmus; Variations; Postludio; Silencium (Chamber Symphony No. 1). Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Le Chant du Monde/Harmonia Mundi: LDC 288060 CM 210, 1993)
  • A dream; Light and Shade – Setting off (Chamber Symphony No. 3); Devil's Trills (Variations on Tartini's theme); Seven Illusory Images of Memory; Reminiscence; 12 Samples of Interrelations between bassoon, 8 double basses and 8 kettledrums. Lyudmila Golub, soprano; Yuri Kasparov, piano, organ; Alexei Vinogradov/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Le Chant du Monde: LDC 278-1120, 2000)

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