he Living Composers Project

Gorelova, Galina (b. 1951, Minsk). Belarusian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere.

Ms. Gorelova is also active in other positions. She co-founded with Sergey Beltiukov, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Dmitry Lybin, Yevgeny Poplavsky, and others the Belarusian Society for Contemporary Music in 1990.

She has taught composition, orchestral history and polyphony at the Belarusian Academy of Music in Minsk since 1980.

In addition to the works listed below, Ms. Gorelova has composed incidental music for many radio, stage and TV productions.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: horelows@yandex.ru

Street address: Ms. Galina Gorelova, ul. Voronanskogo 5, bk. 1, kv. 26, 220069 Minsk, Belarus

Telephone: + 3751 7224 4235

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL: Concerto, violin, large orchestra, 1979; Concerto, oboe, 19-20 strings, 1984; Concerto, balalaika, orchestra, 1991; Concerto, trumpet, orchestra, 1992; Concerto, guitar, orchestra (tubular bells, 29/31 strings), 1994; Concerto, trombone, large orchestra, 1996; Concerto, 2 trumpets, orchestra (3 percussion, 33 strings), 1998; Concerto, viola, small orchestra (tubular bells, 22/26 strings), 2000; Allégresse (concerto), large orchestra, 2002

CHAMBER MUSIC: Scherzino, cello, piano, 1980; Two Belarusian Melodies, 3 violins, piano, 1981; Two Paintings of Henri Matisse, cello, 1981; The Frescoes of Snetogorsk, oboe, 1982; Little Suite, flute, bassoon, violin, cello, 1984; Round Dances, violin, cello, piano, 1984; Mir Castle, guitar, 1985, revised 1992; Thirteen Children's Pieces, balalaika, piano, 1985; Three Songs without Words, cello, piano, 1986; 25 Belarusian Songs and Dances, violin, piano, 1986; Ballad, cello, piano, 1987; Three Belarusian Melodies, oboe, violin, cello, 1987; Three Melodies, 3 violins, 1987; Seven Modal Pieces, tzimbaly (Belarusian dulcimer), 1987; Sonata, violin, piano, 1988; Konzertstück, 2 pianos, xylophone, 1989; Toccata, balalaika, piano, 1989; Legend, trombone, piano, 1990; Vocalise and Burlesque, trumpet, piano, 1990; Twelve Songs, trumpet, piano, 1991; Three Portraits of Radoslava, flute, piano, 1993; Pastorale, flute, piano, 1993; Two Views of the Ideal Woman, oboe, 1994; A Song of Pesnyakevich, flute, piano, 1994; Al fresco (sonata), double bass, piano, 1995; A Portrait of the Artist's Wife, violin, piano, 1995; Lonely Idyll, clarinet, piano, 1996; Touches (sonata), clarinet, 1996; A Day in the Beginning of November, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 French horns, trumpet, string quartet, double bass, piano, 1997; A Sad Shadow of Barbara, 2 harps, 1997 (also version for 2 pianos); Little Triptych, 4 trumpets, 1997

CHAMBER MUSIC: Figures on a Greek Vase, 2 harps, 1998; Al Sereno, viola, piano, 1998; Sonatina, balalaika, piano, 1998; Fanfares and Toccatina, 3 trumpets, 1998; Two Pieces, piccolo trumpet, piano, 2000; From a German Album, piccolo trumpet, 4 trumpets, tuba, 2000; Reminiscence of Nyasvizh, guitar, virginal, 2000; Christmas Fantasy, flute, piano, 2001; Eine kleine Nachtmusik, viola, piano, 2001; Lucia perpetuo moto, viola, piano, 2001; A Day in the Life of Tatyana, guitar, cello, 2001; Introduction and Fantasy on a Ragtime Theme, viola, piano, 2003; Starling above a Church, flute, guitar, cello, 2004; My Heart Wishes to Return to Kraków, violin, cello, piano, 2004; Three Gobelin Tapestries from Vavel, violin, cello/double bass, piano, 2004; A Night's Snowfall, guitar, 2004; A New Year's Reflection, guitar, 2004; Hoarfrost on Bells, ensemble, 2005; She Played a Flute to a Garden, flute, 2005; Valentine's Day, ensemble, 2005

CHORAL: Lyrical Cantata (texts from Belarusian folksongs), female chorus, orchestra, 1977 (also version for female chorus, 6 or more folk players, 1977); Dazhinki – Harvest (text from ancient Belarusian folklore), mixed chorus, 1980; Three Songs (text by Walter Meer), children's chorus, piano, 1986; I want to speak in the language of flowers (text by Ovsey Driz), children's chorus, 1986

VOCAL: Song-Cycle on Texts of Leopold Staff, baritone, piano, 1974; Songs of the Girl (text by Maksim Bogdanovich), soprano, piccolo, piano, 1979; Sad Songs (text by Anna Akhmatova), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1980; In Praise of Poor Men (text by Pierre-Jean de Béranger), baritone, piano, 1983; Song-Cycle on Texts of Émile Verhaeren, tenor, 2 flutes, piano, 1984; Bondarovna (symphonic poem, texts by Yanka Kupala, Belarusian folksongs), folk soprano, folk alto, large orchestra, 1986; Song-Cycle on Latin-American Poetry (texts by César Vallejo, Carlos López Dzur), baritone, piano, 1986; Four Songs above a Cradle (texts by Evdokia Los, Larysa Geniyush, Nelly Tulupova), mezzo-soprano, tzimbaly, 1988; Anno mundi ardentis (texts by Louis Aragon, Arthur Rimbaud, Guillaume Apollinaire, Arseny Tarkovsky, Valery Bryusov, Semyon Kirsanov), mezzo-soprano, baritone, large orchestra, 1989; One Thousand Years of Hope (cantata, texts by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Chin-i Hwang, Anna Akhmatova, Li Qing-zhao, Tisato Oe, anonymous 15th-century Chinese poet, anonymous 1st-century BC Egyptian poet), soprano, orchestra, 1990

PIANO: Four Portraits, 1982; Three Landscapes, 1982–85; Three Japanese Miniatures on Silk, 1985; The Old Castle, 1987; Alex's Corner, 1990; Picture Cards on Colored Paper (suite), 1991; Album of the Evening (suite), 1995; To a Soaring Bird (sonata), 1995; Four Sentimental Recollections, 1996; Antique Motif – Solar Bell Tower, 1996; A Sad Shadow of Barbara, 2 pianos, 1997 (version of work for 2 harps); Landscapes (suite), 1997; Sunday Music (suite), 2 pianos, 1997; Figures on a Greek Vase II (suite), 2001; Two Temptations of Adam, 1998; Four Seasons (suite), 1999; Landscape with a Blossoming Apple Tree (suite), 2004; City Tunes, 2 pianos, 2005; Ten Fairies (music for children), piano 4 hands, 2005

(Last updated on December 30, 2005)