Symphony No. 2 (Ustvolskaya)

The Symphony No. 2 (subtitled "True and Eternal Bliss!") by Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya was composed in 1979 and published in 1982.[1] It received its premiere on 8 October 1980 in Leningrad with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Altschuler.

The symphony is scored for: groups of six flutes (no. 1 doubling piccolo), six oboes and six trumpets; single trombone, tuba and piano; bass drum, tenor drum and reciter. The work lasts approximately 18 minutes.

The symphony is based on the texts of the 11th-century German monk and musician Hermanus Contractus, the reciter repeating the words Господи (Gospodi, 'lord') and Истинная и благая Вечность, вечная же и благая Истина, истинная и вечная Благость! (istinnaya i blagaya vechnost, vechnaya i blagaya istina, istinnaya i blagaya blagost, 'true and excellent eternity, eternal and excellent truth, true and excellent goodness')[2] between homophonic instrumental passages.[3]

Recordings

Megadisc Classics - Oleg Malov (reciter), Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Liss (conductor)

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References
  1. See e.g. http://www.russisches-musikarchiv.de/werkverzeichnisse/ustwolskaja-werkverzeichnis.htm . Publication by Sov. Kompozitor in 1982, see OCLC 21825367.
  2. Секвенция о Святейшей Троице (text provided at ustvolskaya.org).
  3. Lemaire, Frans C. "GALINA USTVOLSKAYA - Symphonies 2, 3, 4 & 5". megadisc-classics.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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