Selected Compositions

Victor Copytsko
SELECTED COMPOSITIONS

Operas
1. ‘‘The Girl who stepped on the Bread’’, an opera. Libretto by Yuri Borisov & Victor Copytsko in the collaboration with Vasilisa Kotova after Hans Christian Andersen’s tale (1980-81).
2. ‘‘His Wives’’, an opera. Libretto by Yuri Borisov & Victor Copytsko after Anton Chekhov’s burlesque (1988).

Scores for solo voice (voices) and chamber orchestra (instrumental ensemble)
1. Motet for chamber ensemble & tape. Using poem by A.S. Pushkin translated into English by Avril Pyman (1982; Final version – 1988).
2. “Xu Cai from Yi Shui ”, an adventure for soprano and chamber instrumental ensemble. Text by Pu Song-Ling (1982-83).
3. “About the Wizdom, the Sorrow and the Joy”, a cantana for tenor, soprano and chamber orchestra. Texts by Nicolaus of Cusas, Thomas Malory and Kornei Tchukovsky (1984).
4. “Carnivalian Night”, a cantana for alto, basso, chamber instrumental ensemble & chamber chorus ad libitum. Text by Thomas Mann (1984).
5. “The Song” for two mail voices (tenor & bass) and chamber instrumental ensemble after the poem by Pushkin (1984; Instrumental version for 4 doublebasses – 1995).
6. “A Double Rule of Three” or Six Double Terzettoes for 3 voices and piano 6 hands after the verses from Lewis Carroll’s ‘‘Sylvie and Bruno’’ (1985).
7. ‘‘There wo’n’t be much for us’’, or Diminutive Cantata for vocal terzetto and chamber orchestra after the verses from Lewis Carroll’s ‘‘Sylvie and Bruno’’(1986).
8. “Epigraph”, a piece for chamber ensemble (1991).
9. “Lullaby”, fantasia for chamber ensemble. Using Whiterussian, Allemanian and French folk texts (1993-94; commissioned by the Ministry of Culture of the Canton Aargau, Switzerland).
10. “Capriccio” for two voices (girl soprano & low bass) and percussions. Text from the poetry by Edgar Allan Poe (Version I – 1986-96; Version II – 2001).
11. “Ein Deutsches Lied” for chamber ensemble & tape. Using poem by I.W. Goethe (1985-86; 1997).
12. “The 3rd Chinese Travel”, a cantata for soprano, baritone, chamber chorus (ensemble), percussions & tape after the ancient Chinese poetry (1998).
13. “Mashkin Dom” (“Mashka’s House”), music for choir, organ and Russian folk instrument. Text from the Christian canon (1998-99).
14. “Play and Sing”, sketch for chamber ensemble . Using texts from children’s folk poetry and the Christian canon (2001).
15. “La Fantaisie Française”, a cantata for two voices (girl soprano & baritone) and chamber orchestra. Texts from Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables” and French folk poetry (1986-2003).
16. “Music on the Welcome between Mary and Elizabeth”, a cantata for soprano, contralto & chamber instrumental ensemble. Text from the Christian canon (2002-2003).

Scores for the Orchestra
1. Diminutive Symphony for 15 performers (5 parts; 1985).
2. “Playing Chekhov”, suite for symphonic orchestra (5 parts; 1988).
3. “Adagio for Adolph”, a piece for chamber orchestra (1989).
4. Three Intermezzi for chamber orchestra or chamber instrumental ensemble (1994, 2002).

Chamber instrumental music
1. “Missa Brevis”, piano sonata (3 parts; 1976).
2. “Divertissement” for Whiterussian dulcimer and prepared piano (1976).
3. “Preludia & Choral for Vasilisa” for violin and piano or instrumental ensemble (1980).
4. Canzonet for instrumental ensemble (1984; versions: flute & piano; clarinet & piano; violin & piano; viola & piano; 2003).
5. “The Four Seasons”, diminutive suite for string trio (1984-85).
6. “One for the Road”, a piece for Whiterussian dulcimer solo (1989).
7. “Biblical Scenes” for chamber instrumental ensemble (5 parts; 1989-92).
8. “Buona notte, Federico!..”, diminutive fantasia for Whiterussian dulcimer solo (1996).
9. “Elegy” for violoncello solo (1996).
10. Serenade for chamber instrumental ensemble (5 parts; 1998).
11. “Chords of Saint Francis”, a piece for harp solo (1994, 2003).

Chamber vocal music
1. “From the Hospital Notebook by Simeon Kirsanov”, composition for voice and piano (1974-75).
2. “Three poems by Osip Mandelstam” for voice and piano (1977).
3. “An Invitation for Meditation”, a piece for 2 altos (voice & viola) after the poem by T.S. Eliot (1977).
4. “Six poems by Alexander Sergeevitch Pushkin” for voice and piano (1977-79).
5. “Two poems by Feodor Ivanovitch Tyutchev” for voice accompanied by harp or clavier (1978, 2001).
6. “Drinking Song” for low voice and piano 4 hands. Text by Arthur Rimbaud (1982).

Play & Sing Performances
1. “Northern Wind”, fantasia for two performers with playing, singing and recitation after the ancient Chinese texts (1992).
2. “Elegy in memory of Arrigo Boito”, a piece for one executor. Using texts by V.Doroshevitch, F.I. Shalapin & C.Peppoli (2000).
3. “Writing One to Another”, composition for ensemble of soloists. Using texts from the poetry by Lee Bo and Du Fu (Composed together with Yuri Krasavin, 1998-2000).

Choral pieces
1. “Agnus Dei” for choir and organ (1983).
2. “Gloria” for choir a cappella (1985; Versions for instrumental trio – 1989 & 1998).
3. “Two sacred chants to the memory of Alexander Men” for choir a cappella (1990).
4. ‘‘The Symbols”, a cantata for flute, harp and chamber choir. Texts by Nicholas Roerich (1992; commissioned by the Russian Musical Art Society of America, USA).
5. Mass for the Feast of Saint Francis (1981-94).
6. “Dedication”, miniature for choir & tape. Texts from the poetry by Osip Mandelstam and the Christian canon (1998-99).

Original transcriptions
1. Okudzhava-Copytsko: “Songs of Arbatsky Yard”, suite for chamber chorus and slight orchestral band (1988).
2.‘‘Kuranty’’, an oratorio after the anonymous slavic notebook from the 18th century for baritone, choir and instrumental ensemble (1989-90).

Music for cinema
Music for feature films (movie & TV), cartoons, documentary movies & videofilms; about 100 as a whole.

Music for theatre
Music for theatrical, TV & broadcast performances in Belarus’, Russia, Poland and Gemany; about 30 as a whole.

Publications
1. “Melancholy Zebra”, an invention for piano. Moscow: “Muzica” 1988.
2. “Spring Ditty” for string trio. Minsk: “Belarus” 1990.
3. “Two sacred chants to the memory of Alexander Men” for choir a cappella. “PCL-BK” Minsk-Verlag und Druckerei Fortschritt Erfurt GmbH, Whiterussia-Germany, 1994.