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. 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') between homophonic instrumental passages.

Recordings

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

References

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

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Symphonies	Symphony No. 1 (1955) Symphony No. 2 "True and Eternal Bliss!" (1979) Symphony No. 3 "Jesus Messiah, Save Us!" (1983) Symphony No. 4 "Prayer" (1985–1987) Symphony No. 5 "Amen" (1989–1990)
Piano Sonatas	Piano Sonata No. 1 (1947) Piano Sonata No. 2 (1949) Piano Sonata No. 3 (1952) Piano Sonata No. 4 (1957) Piano Sonata No. 5 (1986) Piano Sonata No. 6 (1988)
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