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Сhorus as a Form of Implementation of Sacral Contents and a Symbol of Orthodox Faith in Rodion Shchedrin’s Creation

https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2014-0-5-51-57

Abstract

Deals with choir compositions by Rodion Shchedrin. Starting from the mid 1980s, the sacred music gradually revived in Russia and it is within this context that the author considers Shchedrin’s works. The three most significant scores are chosen, in which the sacral theme is put in the forefront: “The Sealed Angel” Russian liturgy, “The Enchanted Wanderer” and “Boyarina Morozova” operas. The above­mentioned scores were written during the different periods of time but each contains the spiritual meaning; each of them represents composer’s thoughts on the eternal questions of belief, life and death, sin and atonement. Shchedrin developed semantics of his choral instruments throughout life, the evolution of which the author reveals by drawing semantic, musical and artistic parallels between his three significant compositions with chorus participation.

About the Author

Anton M. Ivanov
АкадемиЯ хорового искусства им. В.С. Попова
Russian Federation


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Ivanov A.M. Сhorus as a Form of Implementation of Sacral Contents and a Symbol of Orthodox Faith in Rodion Shchedrin’s Creation. Observatory of Culture. 2014;(5):51-57. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2014-0-5-51-57

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