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 (opera)|Tiriel]]* og *[[Thel (opera)|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)|Tiriel]]*, opera after William Blake (1983–1985)
* *[[Thel (opera)|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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