Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Борис Александрович Чайковский; 10 September 1925 – 7 February 1996), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, chamber music and film music.[1] He is considered as part of the second generation of Russian composers,[clarification needed] following in the steps of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (to whom he was not related[2]) and especially Mussorgsky.
He was admired by Dmitri Shostakovich, with whom he studied, who (according to Per Skans in his notes for a recording)[which?] suggested in a letter of 1 February 1969 to Isaak Glikman, that "If Barshai's orchestra (the Moscow chamber orchestra) makes a guest appearance in Leningrad playing Vainberg's Tenth Symphony and Boris Tchaikovsky's Sinfonietta, you really have to hear them".[citation needed]
Of his larger-scale works almost all have been recorded.[citation needed] Boris Tchaikovsky generally wrote in a tonal style, although he made brief forays into serialism.[clarification needed]
Selected works
[edit]- Stage
- The Star (Звезда), unfinished opera in three scenes (1949); libretto by David Samoilov after the novel by Emmanuil Kazakevich; Moscow Conservatory diploma-work
- Orchestral
- Procession (Шествие) (1946)
- Symphony No.1 (1947)
- Fantasia on Russian Folk Themes (Фантазия на русские народные темы) (1950)
- Slavic Rhapsody (Славянская рапсодия) (1951)
- Symphonietta for string orchestra (1953)
- The Murmuring Forest Orchestral Suite (1953)
- Capriccio on English Themes (Каприччио на английские темы) (1954)
- Overture (Увертюра) (1957)
- Symphony No.2 (1967)
- Chamber Symphony (Камерная симфония) for chamber orchestra (1967)
- Theme and Eight Variations (Тема и восемь вариаций) (1973)
- Six Etudes (Шесть этюдов) for string orchestra and organ (1976)
- Symphony No.3 "Sevastopol" (Севастопольская симфония) (1980)
- The Winds of Siberia (Ветер Сибири), Symphonic Poem (1984)
- Four Preludes (Четыре прелюдии) for chamber orchestra (1984)
- The Juvenile (Подросток), Poem for orchestra (1984)
- Music for Orchestra (Музыка для оркестра) (1987)
- Symphony with Harp (Симфония с арфой) (1993)
- The Bells (Колокола), Prelude for orchestra (1996; completed in short score only)
- Concertos
- Concerto for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1957)
- Concerto for cello and orchestra (1964)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1969)
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1971)
- Chamber music
- Piano Trio (1953)
- String Quartet No.1 (1954)
- String Trio (1955)
- Sonata for cello and piano (1957)
- Sonata for violin and piano (1959)
- Suite in D minor for cello solo (1960)
- String Quartet No.2 (1961)
- Piano Quintet (1962)
- Partita for cello and chamber ensemble (1966)
- String Quartet No.3 (1967)
- String Quartet No.4 (1972)
- String Quartet No.5 (1974)
- String Quartet No.6 (1976)
- Sextet for wind quintet and harp (1990)
- Piano
- 3 Etudes (1935; 1972; 1980)
- 5 Pieces (1935)
- 5 Preludes (1936)
- 5 Pieces (1938)
- Sonata No.1 (1944)
- 2 Pieces (1945)
- Sonatina (1946)
- Sonata No.2 (1952)
- 8 Children's Pieces (Восемь детских пьес) (1952)
- Sonata for two pianos (1973)
- Pentatonic (Пентатоника), 6 Easy Pieces (1993)
- Natural Modes (Натуральные лады), 7 Miniatures (1993)
- Vocal
- Two Poems by Mikhail Lermontov (Два стихотворения М. Ю. Лермонтова) for soprano and piano (1940)
- Four Poems by Josef Brodsky (Четыре стихотворения И. Бродского) for soprano and piano (1965)
- Lyrics of Pushkin (Лирика Пушкина), Song Cycle for soprano and piano (1972)
- Signs of the Zodiac (Знаки Зодиака), Cantata for soprano, harpsichord and string orchestra (1974)
- The Last Spring (Последняя весна), Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet and piano (1980); words by N. Zabolotsky
- From Kipling (Из Киплинга) for mezzo-soprano and viola (1994)
Film scores
[edit]| Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Опасный рельс | directed by Khanan Shmain | |
| 1956 | Murder on Dante Street | Убийство на улице Данте | directed by Mikhail Romm |
| 1957 | Обыкновенный человек | directed by Alexander Stolbov | |
| 1958 | October Days | В дни Октября | directed by Sergei Vasilyev |
| Journey Beyond Three Seas | Pardesi; Хождение за три моря | directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin | |
| 1959 | Заре навстречу | directed by Tatyana Lukashevich | |
| Anyuta | Анюта | segment from Three Tales of Chekhov; directed by Meri Andzhaparidze | |
| 1960 | Splendid Days | Серёжа | directed by Georgi Daneliya and Igor Talankin |
| 1961 | В пути | directed by Meri Andzhaparidze | |
| 1962 | "The Tram to other Cities" | Трамвай в другие города | directed by Yuli Fait |
| 1963 | Summer Is Over | Пропало лето | directed by Rolan Bykov and Nikita Orlov |
| Прочь с дороги! | directed by E. Shorokh | ||
| Жертва | directed by Meri Andzhaparidze | ||
| 1964 | Balzaminov's Marriage | Женитьба Бальзаминова | directed by Konstantin Voynov |
| The front is in defense | Пока фронт в обороне | directed by Yuli Fait | |
| 1965 | "The Road to a Sea" | Дорога к морю | directed by Irina Poplavskaya |
| 1966 | A Boy and A Girl | Мальчик и девочка | directed by Yuli Fait |
| Aybolit-66 | Айболит-66 | directed by Rolan Bykov | |
| 1967 | Autumn Weddings | Осенние свадьбы | directed by Boris Yashin |
| 1968 | Первая девушка | directed by Boris Yashin | |
| 1969 | Гори, гори моя звезда | directed by Alexander Mitta | |
| 1971 | Нюркина жизнь | directed by Anatoli Bobrovsky | |
| 1974 | Moscow, My Love | Москва, любовь моя | directed by Alexander Mitta and Kenji Yoshida (吉田憲二; Кэндзи Ёсида) |
| Shower | Ливень | directed by Boris Yashin | |
| 1976 | Собственное мнение | directed by Yuli Karasik | |
| Долги наши | directed by Boris Yashin | ||
| 1978 | Лоскутик и облако | animated film; directed by Rasa Strautmane | |
| Как тоску одолели | animated film; directed by Yuri Trofimov | ||
| Расмус–бродяга | directed by Maria Muat | ||
| A French Lessons | Уроки французского | directed by Yevgeny Tashkov | |
| 1979 | Северная сказка | directed by Rasa Strautmane | |
| 1983 | Подросток | TV mini-series; directed by Yevgeny Tashkov | |
| 1984 | Зелёный остров | directed by Yuli Fait | |
| 1987 | Ловкачи | directed by Yevgeny Tashkov |
References
[edit]- ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 130–131. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^ The Boris Tchaikovsky Society
Literature
[edit]- Grigor'yeva, Galina (2001). "Boris Aleksandrovich Chaykovsky". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
External links
[edit]- The Boris Tchaikovsky Society
- Onno van Rijen's Boris Tchaikovsky page — brief biographical information and list of works with discography
- Boris Tchaikovsky at IMDb
- Boris Tchaikovsky at the Russian film database Kino-Teatr (in Russian)
- US Premiere of Music for Orchestra (1987) on February 24, 2010 by the American Symphony Orchestra
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