Dmitri Smirnov

Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (, Dmitri Nikolaevisj Smirnov; født 2. november 1948, født i Minsk i Sovjetunionen, død 9. april 2020 i London), også kjent som  Dmitri N. Smirnov, var en russiskfødt britisk komponist. Hans best kjente verker var Tiriel og The Lamentations of Thel.

Hans Solo for Harp vant førstepremie i komposisjon i Maastricht (1976). Hans to operaer  Tiriel og Thel med tekst av William Blake hadde premiere i  1989. Hab var Composer-in-Residence ved University of Cambridge (St John's College), i Dartington, og Visiting Professor ved Keele University (1993–8).

Foruten operaer skrev han symfonier, strykekvartetter og annen kammermusikk, og vokalmusikk til oratorier. Han var inspirert av William Blake.

Smirnov døde av COVID-19 den 9. april 2020 i London i en alder av 71 år.

Verker 
Smirnovs verker er publisert av Hans Sikorski i Hamburg, Boosey & Hawkes i London, og G. Schirmer i 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. 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 soprano), bajan, violin and cello, text by S. T. Coleridge, composed jointly with Firsova and Firsova  (2010/2011)
 Zodiac for orchestra  (2010–2013)
 Canisi-Variations for violin and piano (2011)
 Papageno-Variations for orchestra (after Beethoven's 12 Variations for cello & piano, Op. 66) (2012)
 Visionary Heads (after Visionary Heads, pictures by William Blake) for piano (2013)
 Farewell. In Memory of Alexander Ivashkin. For solo cello (2014)
 Pro et contra, two pieces for viola and piano (2014)
 The Silly Moon, 8 haiku for voice and piano, text and music by Smirnov (2014)
 Solo for Viola (2014)
 The China Travel, 20 songs for voice and piano on poems by Olga Sedakova, composed with V. Gorodetskaya (2014)
 Four Eight-line Poems for voice and piano on poems by Sedakova (2014)

Referanser

Litteratur
 A Geometer of Sound Crystals: A Book on Philip Herschkowitz. (Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2003)   
 The Anatomy of Theme in Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. (Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2008)

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