Antiformalist Rayok
(1948/57/late 60s) (Antiformalistischer Rajok)Satirical Cantata for four basses, mixed choir, piano and narrator
Duration: 18'
Music Text
Dmitri Shostakovich (incorporating material from speeches of Stalin, Zhdanov, and Dmitri Shepilov) (R)
Scoring
4 bass soloists, small mixed choir and piano (the composer states that the cast may be reduced to one versatile artist, taking the part of the chorus and all four roles in appropriate voices)
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
/ Sikorski for the UK, British Commonwealth (excluding Canada), Republic of Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Israel.
World premiere complete
25/09/1989
Moscow Conservatory Bolshoi Hall, Moscow
Chepikov, Obraztov, Vishnyakov, Konovalov & Khudolei / State Chamber Choir of the USSR Ministry of Culture / Valeri Polyansky
