page_title: Dmitri Smirnov (composer)
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Dmitri Smirnov (composer) / Works
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Selbstportrait von Dmitri Smirnov English: Selfportrait of Dmitri Smirnov
context_page_description: Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov, was a Russian-British composer and academic teacher, who also published as Dmitri N. Smirnov and D. Smirnov-Sadovsky. He wrote operas, symphonies, string quartets and other chamber music, and vocal music from song to oratorio. Many of his works were inspired by the art of William Blake.
context_section_description: Smirnov's works were published by Hans Sikorski in Hamburg, Boosey & Hawkes in London, and G. Schirmer in New York City. 
  Piano Sonata No. 1 (1967), No. 2 (1980), No. 3 (1992), No. 4 String of Destiny (2000), No. 5 (2001), No. 6 Blake-Sonata (2008)
  Violin Sonata No. 1 (1969), No. 2 (1979), No. 3 "es ist .." in memory of Oleg Firsov (1998), No. 4 (2005)
  Piano Concerto No. 1 (1971), No. 2 (1978)
  Eternal Refuge for voice and piano trio (also orchestra version), text by Mikhail Bulgakov (1972)
  String Quartet No. 1 (1974), No. 2 (1985), No. 3  (1993), No. 4 (1993), No. 5 (1994), No. 6 (1998), No. 7 (2005), No. 8 Inferno (2007)
  Clarinet Concerto (1974)
  Pastorale for orchestra (1975)
  Mirages for saxophone quartet (1975)
  Solo for Harp (1976)
  The Sorrow of past Days for voice, flute, percussion, violin and cello, text by Alexander Pushkin (1976)
  Triple Concerto No. 1 for saxophone, piano, double bass, strings & percussion (1977)
  Piano Trio No. 1 (1977), No. 2 (1992), No. 3 "Tri-o-Tri" (2005)
  Cello Sonata (1978)
  The Seasons, song cycle for voice, flute, viola and harp, text by William Blake (1979)
  Symphony  No. 1 The Seasons (1980)
  Symphony No. 2 Destiny for four soloists, mixed chorus & orchestra, text by Friedrich Hölderlin (1982)
  The Night Rhymes cantata for voice & orchestra, text by Alexander Pushkin (1982)
  Tiriel, opera after William Blake (1983–1985)
  Thel (or The Lamentations of Thel), chamber opera after William Blake (1986)
  Mozart-Variations for orchestra (1987)
  The Visions of Coleridge for voice and 10 players, text by S. T. Coleridge (1987)
  Songs of Love and Madness for voice, clarinet, celesta, harp & string trio, text by William Blake (1988)
  The Seven Angels of William Blake for piano (1988)
  Blake’s Pictures (ballet): The Moonlight Story (1988), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Abel (1991), The River of Life (1992)
  Eight-line Poems for voice, flute, horn, harp and string trio, text by Osip Mandelstam
  Violin Concerto No. 1 (1990), No. 2 (1995). No. 3 (1996)
  A Song of Liberty, oratorio for four soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra, text by William Blake (1991)
  Piano Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass (1992)
  Cello concerto (1992)
  Ariel Songs for voice, 2 recorders, cello & harpsichord, text by William Shakespeare (1993)
  The Guardians of Space for orchestra (1994)
  Symphony No. 3 Voyages for orchestra (1995)
  The Music of the Spheres for piano (1995)
  The Bride in her Grave, opera, libretto by Ruth Fainlight (1995)
  Elegy in memory of Edison Denisov, in two versions: (a) for solo cello, (b) for sixteen players (1997)
  The Bird of Time for orchestra (1997)
  Song of Songs, cantata for soprano, tenor, mixed chorus & orchestra, text by King Solomon (1997)
  Between Scylla and Charybdis for string orchestra (1997)
  Mass for mixed chorus (1998)
  Opus 111 for clarinet, cello & piano (1998)
  Twilight for soprano and six players, text by James Joyce (1998–2000)
  Portrait in memory of Dmitri Shostakovich, for wind octet & double bass (1999)
  Concerto Piccolo (to Mstislav Rostropovich) for cello and orchestra (2001)
  Innocence of Experience for tape, text by William Blake (2001)
  Metaplasm No. 1 for piano (also for orchestra, 2002), No. 2 for piano (2002)
  Triple Concerto No. 2 for violin, harp, double bass and orchestra (2003)
  Dream Journey for voice, flute clarinet, vln, cello and piano, text by Matsuo Bashō  (2003–2004)
  Red Bells  in memory of Dmitri Shostakovich, the first movement of Family Concerto for piano and ensemble of seven players, composed jointly with his wife and daughter, Elena Firsova and Alissa Firsova (2005)
  Requiem for four soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra (2006)
  Amore sola for solo violin (2006)
  Proverbs of Hell  for voice and piano, text by William Blake (2006)
  The Lonely Wanderer for voice and cello, text by Lermontov (2007)
  Duo in Green for 2 violins (2008)
  Space Odyssey for large orchestra (2008)
  From the Pine to the Moon for voice and cello, text by Lermontov (2009)
  The Book of Constellations for ensemble  (2009–)
  The Last Trumpet for trumpet and timpani (2010)
  Kubla Khan: A Vision in a Dream for tenor (or so
caption: Self portrait
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