Elena Firsova: Tristia (Osip Mandelstam)

Elena Firsova TRISTIA Op. 22 1979 Cantata for soprano and chamber orchestra on poems by Osip Mandelstam (in Russian) 1. Andante (orchestral) 2. Lento (soprano solo) 3. Andante (soprano and orchestra) 4. Vivo (soprano and orchestra) 5. Adagio (soprano and orchestra) 1.1.1.1 – 2.0.0.0 – perc (2 wood bl, 2 bongos, tam-t, tubular bells, glsp, vibr). harp. cel. strings (4/3/4/3/1) Duration: 16’ First performance: 17 October 1981, Moscow Conservatoire Irina Muratova (soprano) – Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatoire – Eduard Serov (conductor) Publisher: © Sikorski, Hamburg for the world English translation of the poems by D.Smirnov-Sadovsky