LOKSHIN Alexander
The history of the Russian music contains many bitter pages related to the forgotten geniuses whose art was forbidden and whose names were obliterated.
Alexander Lokshin (1920–1987) finds himself exactly among those unfortunate. His music was most appraised by such figures as R Barshai, Maria Yudina and by Dmitry Shostakovich himself. N. Myaskovsky who was his teacher considered him to be his most gifted pupil and supported him in every possible way. Thanks to Myaskovsky Lokshin was invited to teach in the Moscow Conservatory. However three years later during the notorious ‘anti-cosmopolite campaign’ he was expelled from his post. The accusations also included the propaganda of the ‘foreign to the communist spirit’ music by Mahler, Berg, Stravinsky, ets.
Since then all his attempts of finding job within the Soviet musical education system were doomed and he dedicated himself solely to the creation of music.
His catalogue being now in the possession of the Compositor (SPb) publishing house through the son of the great composer includes 35 opuses, among those 11 symphonies, chamber works, mono-opera Faust , music for the cinema.
Among his interpreters one can find such names as, G. Rozhdestvensky, E. Mravinsky, A. Janssons, but it was R. Barshai who dedicated the most effort to the propaganda of his music. In his autobiography novel ‘Nota. The life of the Rudolf Barshai’ R. Barshai admitted that the sheer possibility of performing music by Lokshin alone can justify his emigration from the Soviet Union.
Today works by A. Lokshin are being reborn after many years of oblivion, causing much interest.
Compozitor (SPb) Publishing house offers the following works by Lokshin.
1. [1939] Les Fleurs du Mal, symphonic poem after Baudelaire's (hire catalogue)
2. [1942] Wait for me, symphony poem for mezzo soprano and full symphony orchestra after K. Simonov’s verses (hire catalogue)
3. [1952] Hungarian fantasy for violin and full symphony orchestra. Performed by J. Sitkovetsky and K. Sanderling, Moscow (hire catalogue)
4. [1953] Variations for piano
5. [1955] Quintet for clarinet and string quartet (hire catalogue)
6. [1957] Symphony No. 1 (“Requiem”) for full symphony orchestra and mixed choir on the latin text ‘Dies Irae’ (hire catalogue)
7. [1960] In the jungle, suite for full symphony orchestra (hire catalogue)
8. [1962] Tarakanische (‘Cockroach the terrible’), comic oratoria for full symphony orchestra and mixed choir on the verses by K. Chukovsky (hire catalogue)
9. [1963] Symphony No. 2 (“Greek epigrammae”), for full symphony orchestra and mixed choir (hire catalogue)
10. [1966] Symphony No. 3 for baritone, full symphony orchestra and mixed choir on the verses by Kipling (hire catalogue)
11. [1968] Symphony No. 4 for full symphony orchestra (hire catalogue)
12. [1968] At the Top of my Voice, vocal-symphony poem for basso and full symphony orchestra on the verse by Mayakovsky (hire catalogue)
13. [1969] Symphony No. 5 (“Shakespeare Sonnets”) for baritone, string orchestra and harp (hire catalogue)
14. [1971] Symphony No. 6 for baritone, full symphony orchestra and mixed choir on the verses by A. Blok (hire catalogue)
15. [1972] Symphony No. 7 for contralto and chamber orchestra on the verses by medieval Japanese poets (listen) (hire catalogue)
16. [1973] Margarita’s songs, for soprano and the grand symphonic orchestra (on the verses from Goethe’s Faust) (listen)
17. [1973] Symphony No. 8 for tenor and full symphony orchestra on the verses by A Pushkin (Western Slavic songs) (listen) (hire catalogue)
18. [1975] Symphony No. 9 for baritone and chamber orchestra on the verses by L. Martynovа (hire catalogue)
19. [1976] Symphony No. 10 for contralto for full symphony orchestra and mixed choir and organ on the verses by Zabolotsky
(listen) (hire catalogue)
20. [1976] Symphony No. 11 for soprano and chamber orchestra on the verses by L .Camoens (hire catalogue)
21. [1977] Mourning Mother of God,
Cantata for mezzo soprano, full symphony orchestra and mixed choir on the verses by A. Akhmatova and Russian Orthodox prayers (hire catalogue)
22. [1978] Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello (to the memory of D. Shostakovich) (hire catalogue)
23. [1980] Three scenes from “Faust”, mono-opera for soprano and the grand symphonic orchestra on the verses by Goethe translated by B. Pasternak (hire catalogue)
24. [1981] Quintet "From the lyrics by François Villon" for tenor and string quartet on the verses by François Villon translated by I. Erenburg (hire catalogue)
25. [1981] The Art of Poetry for soprano and chamber orchestra on the verses by Zabolotsky (hire catalogue)
26. [1982] Prelude and Thema con variazioni for piano
27. [1983] 1st Symphonietta for tenor and chamber orchestra on the verses by I. Severianin (hire catalogue)
28. [1983] Three verses by F. Sollogub for soprano and piano
29. [1983] Variations for basso and orchestra on the early verses by N. Tikhonov (hire catalogue)
30. [1984] String quartet (hire catalogue)
31. [1985] 2ndSymphonietta for soprano and chamber orchestra on the verses by F. Sollogub (hire catalogue)
32. [1960] On the Kazakhstan Lakes for full symphony orchestra (hire catalogue)
33. [1960] Piano pieces for children (Dance, Waltz, Autumn rain, Old tale, Tarantella, In the Spring, Nocturne, Adagio)
34. [1947] Children Suite for piano in 4 hands
35. [1951] Concert Waltz for full symphony orchestra (hire catalogue)
Published Works
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String Quartet |
Variations for piano |
For piano
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Piano Pieces for Children |
For soprano and piano
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Symphony No 1 |
Mourning Mother of God Cantata for mezzo soprano, mixed choir and full symphony orchestra |
