List of Compositions
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
(LITTLE)
SYMPHONY No. 1, for string orchestra (1984 – 1989)
SYMPHONY
No. 2, for chamber orchestra with organ (1990 – 1995) (Diploma work of the composer)
CHORAL WORKS
CANTICLES
OF THE (ORTHODOX) VESPERS MASS (1988 – 1999)
CANTICLES
OF THE (ORTHODOX) DIVINE LITURGY (1989 – 1998)
THREE
PRAYERS TO OUR LADY, GOD`S MOTHER (1994):
To
God`s Mother...
My
Kindest Queen...
The
Angel, crying...
Many
more separate church choir pieces on the Orthodox Church Slavonic texts (1988 –
2007), included:
POLYELEOS
(Prise Lord`s Name)
DOORS
OF THE MISERY OPEN TO US...
THE
GOOD ROBBER...
LORD,
TURN THEE AND HELP ME! (after Psalm 70, in the Russian Bible: Psalm 69)
OUR
FATHER
LET
ALL THE HUMAN BODIES KEEP SILENCE...
MY
SOUL, BLESS THE LORD (after Psalm 103/102)
BLESS
THE LORD, MY SOUL (after Psalm 104/103)
SING
THE BLESSING TO THE LORD, MY SOUL (after Psalm 146/145)
GLORY
TO GOD IN HEAVEN
KING
OF HEAVEN
JOYFUL
ABOUT THEE...
GOD
WITH US
JESUS`
PRAYER
PRAYER
OF ST. EPHRAIM THE SYRIAN
and
many others
EXAUDI
ORATIONEM MEAM (fugue from unfinished "Requiem", for mixed choir), in
memory of Gerard Dekker (1993, rev. 2003)
VENI
CREATOR SPIRITUS (motet for double mixed choir with organ) (1992 – 1993)
TWO
MOTETS ON THE LATIN TEXTS, for mixed choir, organ and five "obligatory
instruments" (1994):
Ave
maris stella
Salve
Regina
VREDE
("Peace"), composition for mixed choir, two pianos, organ and a
little symphony orchestra, Dutch text: L. Vroman & G. J. de Rook (1996)
IN
BEWEGING IS GEVAAR, IN STILSTAND IS GEVAAR ("Danger is in movement, danger
is in still standing"), "rythmic declamation" for double mixed
choir a cappella, Dutch text: M. Insingel (1996)
HET
LAURENSLIED ("The St. Lawrence Song"), for mixed choir, organ and
four "obligatory instruments", Dutch text: unknown poet under
cryptonym "Drs. P." (1997 – 1999)
AVE
VERUM, TE DEUM, AVE REGINA COELORUM, for mixed choir and organ (2000,
arrangement of the previous composed work for voice and organ)
TWO
WEDDING MARCHES FROM AURE, arr. for mixed choir and organ (2001)
WEDDING
MARCH FROM FOLDFJORDEN, arr. for mixed choir and organ (2001)
AVE
MARIA, for mixed choir and organ ad libitum (1988, 2004)
NUNC
DIMITTIS (St. Simeon`s Prayer), for tenor solo and men`s choir (1988, 2004)
17.
MAI – 1945 (May 17, 1945), for mixed choir a cappella, Norwegian text:by Hans
Gudvangen sr. (2004 – 2005), dedicated to the choir ”Aure Songlag” and its
conductor Harald O. Kalland
THREE
FOLK SONGS FROM FOLDFJORDEN, arr. for mixed choir a cappella (2005), dedicated to the choir ”Aure Songlag”
Many
more Norwegian (local) folk music arrangements for choir (ca. 15, 2000 – 2005)
CANONS
DE RÉPENTANCE ("Repentance Canons"), for mixed choir a cappella on the
Orthodox Church Slavonic texts (1999 – 2000 – 2003 – , unfinished):
Repentance
Canon to our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ
Repentance
Canon to our Lady, God`s Mother
Prayer
Canon to our Lady, God`s Mother
TROPARIONS
AND CONDACS to the Orthodox Religious Holidays (2007 - , unfinished)
LANDEMERKE
(Landmark), Tustna-song, version for mixed choir with piano or/and organ,
Norwegian text by Martin Halsbog (2007), dedicated to the 100th
anniversary of South Tustna Chapel
CHAMBER MUSIC WORKS
PETIT
ANDANTE (The Little Andante), for cello (bassoon) and piano (organ) (1985,
revised 1995, 2001)
INTERMEZZO,
for flute solo (1985, rev. 2004), dedicated to Åsta Andreassen
THREE
PIECES, for violin and piano (1989, rev. 1997):
Hommage
á Schumann
Hommage
á Haydn
Hommage
á Chopin
STRING
QUARTET (No. 1) in D minor (1990, unfinished), dedicated to Prof. Dmitri A.
Tolstoy
TETRAPTYCH,
for clarinet and cello (1988, rev. 1998)
TWO
PIECES, for French horn and piano (1989, rev. 1995, 1997):
Moderato
Andante
cantabile
THREE
PIECES, for flute and bassoon (1990)
TROIS
THRÉNODIES (Three Threnodies), for cello and organ (1991, rev. 1997, 1999)
DUE
PEZZI PER QUATRE CORNI (Two pieces, for four French horns) (1991, rev. 1995):
Equale
Totentanz
(Death`s Dance)
ECLOGUE,
for viola and organ (1991, rev. 1995 – 1996)
GROSSE
FUGE FÛR DAS HOLZBLÃSERQUARTETT (The Great Fugue for Woodwind Quartet) (1992)
SEVEN
PIECES, for violin solo (1992, rev. 1994)
Transcribed
for balalaika solo (2001), dedicated to Prof. Dr. Nicolaus N. Zwetnow
PARABOLISME
(Parabolism), for violin and organ (1992)
SUITE
ECCÈNTRIQUE POUR QUATUOR Á CORDES en neuf mouvements (Eccentric Suite for
String Quartet, in nine movements) (1992, rev. 1998)
POÉME
DE VICTIME ("The Victim Poem"), for cello and piano (1992 – 1993,
rev. 1995)
TROIS
MOUVEMENTS POUR COR SEUL (Three Movements for French horn solo) (1993),
dedicated to Valentina A. Blazhchuk:
Thesis
Antithesis
Synthesis
FOUR
CONSEQUENCES, for trombones (1994), dedicated to Asbjørn Klaksvik:
Entrata, for trombone solo
Bicinium, for trombone duet
Song, for trombone trio
Equale
(Equal), for trombone quartet
SYLLOGISME & PRAEROGATIVE, for
oboe solo (1994)
SONATE-PHANTASIE
POUR ALTO SEUL (for viola solo) (1994)
AVE
VERUM, TE DEUM, AVE REGINA COELORUM, for high voice (soprano, tenor) and organ (1994),
dedicated to La Vaune Henry
AVE
VERUM, AVE REGINA COELORUM, version for voice and piano (1995)
DRIE
GEZANGEN (Three songs on the texts of the Dutch poets), for voice and piano
(1996):
De een klimt sneller dan de andre… (One
climbs up quicker than the other), text: L. Weemoedt
Denkend
aan Holland... (Thinking about Holland), text: H. Marsman
Twee
plus twee is vier (Two plus two is four), text: J. Trapjes
EINSAMKEIT
("Loneliness"), a chamber cantata for baritone, four block flutes and
harp, Russian text: K.Altermann (1997 – 2000 – 2003 – , unfinished)
SONATE-PHANTASIE
POUR BASSON SEUL (for bassoon solo) (1997 – 2005), dedicated to Ivar Andresen
WEDDING
MARCH FROM AURE, arr. by Helge Husby, Torgeir Bergfald and Alexey Kurbanov for
two violins and organ (2000)
GRAVE,
from Symphony No. 2, arr. for viola and organ (2004), dedicated to Björn
Sjögren
SØRGMODIG
VISE (Mourning Song), folk tune from Nordmøre, arr. by Helge Husby and Alexey
Kurbanov for two violins and organ (2004)
LANDEMERKE
(Landmark), Tustna-song, for voice with piano or/and organ, Norwegian text by
Martin Halsbog (2007), dedicated to the 100th anniversary of South
Tustna Chapel
Many
more chamber vocal works on the Russian texts (1985 – 2004)
ORGAN WORKS
FIVE
CHORAL PRELUDES (1988, 2006)
PASTORALE
(Hommage á Franz Liszt et Cèsar Franck) (1989)
CANTABILE
(1990), dedicated to Prof. Nina I. Oxentian//The Music for Organ by Modern St.
Petersburg Composers/Compiled by N. Oksentyan, V. Shlyapnikov. St. Petersburg:
Union of Artists, 2003
PHILOSOPHICAL
PIECES (1990)
PRIÉRE
(Prayer) (1990)
SURSUM
CORDA! (organ fantasy) (1990), dedicated to Prof. Nina I. Oxentian
THREE
PIECES (1990 – 1991):
Elevazione
(transcription of the "Elèvation" for piano, see below)
Hommage
á W. B. Yeats
Berceuse
(Lullaby)
MÉDITATION
(1990 – 1991), dedicated to Prof. Nina I. Oxentian
TWO
PIECES (1991):
Mantra
Om
De
Profundis (rev. 2002, in memory of Fridtjof Kristiansen)
TWO
PIECES (1992), in memory of my teacher Sergei J. Wolfensohn:
Metanoia
(Repentance)
Dianoia
(Thinking)
EPITAPHY,
in memory of Prof. Boris A. Arapov (1992)
FUGUE
based on the choral theme "Von Himmel hoch, da kom ich her" (1992,
2001)
CHORAL
PRELUDE based on the choral theme "Schmûcke dich, o liebe Seele"
(1992)
PASSACAGLIA
(1992 – 1993)
FESTIVE
VOLUNTARY (1992 – 1993)
FOUR
ORGAN TRANSCRIPTIONS (1991 – 1999):
- Richard Wagner,
Funeral March from "Gõtterdãmmerung"
- Peter I.
Tchaikovsky, 6th Symphony, Finale
- Isaac Albèniz,
Prelude in G minor
- Michael M.
Kourbanoff, ”Souvenir d`Alexandre Borodine” for string quartet
LAMENTAZIONE
DI JEREMIA (Jeremiah`s Lamentations) (1993, rev. 1997), in memory of Prof.
Vitali M. Buyanovsky
DEUX
SUBSTANCES (Two Substances) (1994), dedicated to Prof. Vladimir A.
Shliapnikoff:
1. Substance
Mentale
2. Substance
Astrale (rev. 2001)//The Music for Organ by Modern St. Petersburg Composers/Compiled
by N. Oksentyan, V. Shlyapnikov. St. Petersburg: Union of Artists, 2003
SAECULA
OBSCURA (1994), dedicated to Christina Mandang
TRE
FRESCHI, suita per organo (Three Frescoes, suite for organ) (1991 – 1996, rev.
1999), dedicated to the restaurators Alexander P. & Valentina B. Grekovs
SIX
RELIGIOUS FOLK TUNES FROM NORDHEIM (Tustna), arr. for organ/keyboard with an
eventual instrumental/vocal solo (2004), dedicated to Ola Bræin
SEVEN
AURE FOLK TUNES, arr. for organ/keyboard with an eventual instrumental/vocal
solo (2004), dedicated to the 80th anniversary of St. Mary Church in
Aure
FOUR
CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR FOLK TUNES FROM NORDHEIM (Tustna), arr. for organ/keyboard
with an eventual instrumental/vocal solo (2004 – 2006)
FOUR
DIVERSE RELIGIOUS FOLK TUNES OF CNRISTMAS CHARACTER FROM HALSA/VALSØYFJORD,
arr. for organ/keyboard with an eventual instrumental/vocal solo (2004)
FIVE
FOLK TUNES FROM HITRA OF RELIGIOUS CHARACTER, arr. for organ/keyboard with an
eventual instrumental/vocal solo (2005)
TWO
RELIGIOUS FOLK TUNES OF EASTER CHARACTER FROM HALSA AND RENDAL, arr. for
organ/keyboard with an eventual instrumental/vocal solo (2006)
TWO
OLD WEDDING MARCHES, arr. for organ (”all-organ”) (2007), dedicated to
Nordvesttreffen 2007
SEVEN
FOLK TUNES OF DIFFERENT KIND FROM SØR-TRØNDELAG AND ROMSDAL, simply arr. for
organ/keyboard with an eventual instrumental/vocal solo (2007), dedicated to
Ola Bræin because of Edvard Bræin`s 120th birth anniversary
FIVE
RELIGIOUS FOLK TUNES OF NEW YEAR CHARACTER FROM NORDMØRE, simply arr. for
organ/keyboard with an eventual instrumental/vocal solo (2007 – 2008),
dedicated to Ola and Gunlaug Bræin
THREE
PETTER DASS TUNES FROM NORDHEIM (Tustna), arr. for organ/keyboard with an
eventual instrumental/vocal solo (2008)
SEVEN
PETTER DASS TUNES FROM NORDMØRE, simply arr. for organ/keyboard with an
eventual instrumental/vocal solo (2008)
Many
different Norwegian (local) folk music arrangements for organ (ca. 25, 2000 –
2008)
PIANO WORKS
VARIATIONS
SUR LE THÉME DE PAGANINI (1984)
POLONAISE
in A flat major (1985)
MUSICA
FUNEBRE, in memory of Samantha Smith (1985, rev. 1994, 2003)
PRELUDE
in F minor (1985 – 1986)
SONATA
in F major "Hommage á Mozart" (1986)
ZWEI
STIMMUNGEN (1987)
QUATRE
PIÉCES DE FANTAISIES (1987, rev. 2003)
FEUILLE
D`ALBUM (Album Leaf) in E flat major (1988)
POÉME
(1988, 2007)
LARGO
PATHÉTIQUE (1988, rev. 1995)
7
ÉTUDES GRANDES SUR LES THÉMES DES CAPRICES DE PAGANINI (1989)
SONATE
in E flat major (1989)
HOMMAGE
Á INNOCENTI ANNENSKY (1990)
MUSIC
DEVOTED TO NON-EXISTENCE (1991)
CONSOLATION,
ELEVATION, INTERLUDIUM & ABSTRACTION (1991)
(NB:
"Elevation" is also transcribed for organ under the title
"Elevazione", see over)
VARIATIONS
in G major (1991)
THREE
VOLUNTARIES (1991, rev. 1997)
SONATA
in C major ("Sonate Totalitaire") (1991 – 1992, the last – 4th
– movement is unfinished)
NEUF
MUNIATURES (Nine Miniatures) (1992, rev. 1994)
PARADIGME
(1992)
CAVATINA
(1992 – 1993)
CINQ
PRÉLUDES ET FUGUES (Five Preludes and Fugues) (1992 – 1993, rev. 1996),
dedicated to Anastasia Zvereva
LES
STRUCTURES AMORPHES, cinq morceaux (The Amorphal Structures, five pieces)
(1993), dedicated to Natalia Shamarina
FOUR
SPOTS (1994)
DILEMMAS,
triptych (1994), dedicated to Prof. Alexander D. Mnatsakanian
SONATA
in D minor (1994 – 1997), dedicated to Prof. Alexander D. Mnatsakanian
SOMETHING
LIKE A WALTZ, in memory of Valery A. Gavrilin (1997 – 1998)
Many
more small piano pieces (preludes, fugues, etudes, children`s music, etc.)
(1981 – 1999)
P. S. Some of the
compositions are under the Dutch pseudonyme "Wim de Graaf" which has
been taken in memory of the composer`s study at Rotterdam Conservatoire of
Music (1993 – 1994).
