Symphony No. 2 (Ustvolskaya)
The Symphony No. 2 (subtitled "True and Eternal Bliss") by Galina Ustvolskaya was composed in 1979 and published in 1982.[1] It is based on the texts of the 11th-century German monk and musician Hermanus Contractus and scored for: groups of six flutes, oboes and trumpets; single trombone, tuba and piano; percussion and solo voice, repeating three times the words Gospodi, vechnost, istina (Lord, eternity, truth) between homophonic instrumental passages. The work lasts approximately 18 minutes.
References
- ^ See e.g. http://www.russisches-musikarchiv.de/werkverzeichnisse/ustwolskaja-werkverzeichnis.htm . Publication by Sov. Kompozitor in 1982, see OCLC 21825367.
- Lemaire, Frans. Notes to Symphonies 2,3,4 and 5. Megadisc MDC 7854.
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