Sergei Nikiforovich Vasilenko est né à Moscou le 30 mars 1872 et y est mort le 11 mars 1956.Education musicale :Vasilenko entama ses études musicales en 1888 comme élève privé de Nokh et prit des leçons avec Grechaninov (théorie), Protopopov (harmonie) et Konyus (composition).
De 1891 à1896, il étudia le droit à l'Université de Moscou et suivit le conservatoire (1895-1901) en tant qu'élève de Taneyev, de Ippolitov-Ivanov et de Safonov, terminant ses études avec une médaille d'or.
Il conduisit l'Opéra privé Mamontov à Moscou (1903-05) et organisa (et conduisit) les Concerts Historiques dans la ville (1907-1917). A partir de 1918, il donna des concerts et des concerts-lectures à Moscou. En 1925, il participa à l'organisation de radiodiffusion de musique. Il enseigna l'orchestration et la composition au Conservatoire de Moscou (1906-1941) et (1943-1956) où il fut professeur en 1907et chef du département d'orchestration en 1932. En 1938, il travailla à Tashkent sur le premier opéra ouzbek "The Snowstorm". Il a reçu le titre d'Artiste du Peuple de l'Ouzbek SSR en 1939 et le Prix d'Etat en 1947.
StyleSes premières oeuvres reflètent son enthousiasme pour la musique folklorique russe et l'ancienne musique religieuse. Après 1906, il produit plusieurs pièces qui montre un lien avec la poésie symboliste russe, entre autres l'orchestral "Sad smerti" (Le Jardin de la Mort) et le Vol des Sorcières ainsi que les chants sur des textes de Blok et Bryusov. Entre 1910 et 1920, il est attiré par l'exotisme oriental et s'intéresse à la musique folklorique orientale, particularlement l'Asie Centrale (Iosif the Beautiful).
Oeuvres "Three Bloody Slaughters" for orchestra after Tolstoy opus 1
Six Songs opus 2
String Quartet No. 1 in A major opus 3 (1901)
"Epic Poems (Epicheskaya poems)" for orchestra opus 4 (1900-1903)
"Legend of the Great City of Kitezh and The Quiet Lake Svetoyar", opera opus 5 (1908)
Two Poems for bass and orchestra (or piano) opus 6 (1908)
Symphony No. 1 in G minor opus 10 (1904-1906)
Three Songs after Brhussov and Blok opus 11 (1904)
"The Garden of Death", symphonic poem after Oscar Wilde for orchestra opus 12 (1908)
song cycle opus 13
"Sappho", suite for orchestra opus 14 (1909)
"Flight of the Witches" for orchestra opus 15 (1909)
"Invocation", five songs after Shulkov, Brhussov, Balmont and Lokhvitskaya opus 16 (1909)
"In the Rays of the Sun" for orchestra opus 17 (1911)
Fantastic Waltzes for small orchestra opus 18 (1912)
song cycle opus 19
Symphony No. 2 in F major opus 22 (1913)
Songs after K. Balmont opus 23 (1913)
Suite for orchestra after lute music from the 14th - 16th century opus 24 (1914)
Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor opus 25 (1913)
Maoriskii Songs after Balmont opus 26 (1913)
"Zodiac", suite on French themes of the 18th century opus 27 (1914)
"Exotic Suite" for soprano or tenor and orchestra opus 29 (1916)
Serenade for cello and piano opus 31
Four Pieces on Old Lute Music for a string instrument and piano opus 35
Song Cycle of five songs opus 40
Suite from the music of the ballet "Josif, the Beautiful" opus 41 (1922)
"Noya", ballet-pantomime after A. Arapov opus 42 (1923)
Not published.
Indian Suite after the ballet "Noya" opus 42B (1927)
LP Melodiya D 010741-2: (Slow Waltz) N. Seidel (flute)
CD Marco Polo 8.223783: Moscow Symphony Orchestra, H. SheK (cond)
Sonata in D minor for viola and piano opus 46 (1923)
LP Melodiya CM 03687-8: G. Bezrukov (violin), A. Spivak (piano)
Oriental Dance in G minor for clarinet and piano opus 47 (1924)
LP Melodiya CM 03687-8: A. Popper (clarinet)
Japanese Melodies, song cycle opus 49
"Josif, the Beautiful", ballet after K. Golehzovsky opus 50 (1925)
"In the rays of the sun, ballet after K. Golehzovsky opus 51 (1926)
Not published.
"Lola", ballet after K. Golehzovsky opus 52 (1926)
Suite for accordion and balalaika after Russian folk themes
Singhalesi songs for voice, cello, trumpet and piano opus 55
String Quartet No. 2 in E minor opus 58
Four Songs for voice and piano opus 59
Lyrics M. Haleperin and Z. Shishova.
Chinese Suite No. 1 for orchestra 2 opus 60 (1928)
LP Melodiya D 6262-3: Radio Orchestra, A. Gauk (cond)
CD Marco Polo 8.223783: Moscow Symphony Orchestra, H. SheK (cond)
song cycle opus 61
"Son of the Sun", opera after M. Galperin opus 62 (1929)
Concerto for balalaika and orchestra opus 63 (1930)
LP Melodiya D 06423-4: Moscow PO, G. Rozhdestvensky (cond), P. Nechiporenko (balalaika)
March of the Red Army for windorchestra opus 64 (1929)
Quartet on Turkmenian themes for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and percussion opus 65 (1930)
Etcetera KTC 1246: Hexagon Ensemble
Japanese Suite for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, xylophon and piano opus 66A (1938)
Turkmenian Suite for orchestra opus 68 (1931)
Chinese Suite No. 2 for orchestra opus 70 (1931)
Fantasy on Western Revolutionary Songs for wind orchestra opus 71 (1931)
"Caroussel", eight Soviet dances for orchestra opus 73 (1932)
Piano Trio in A major opus 74 (1932)
"The Soviet East", suite for orchestra opus 75 (1932)
LP Melodiya C 01035-6: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Juraitis (cond)
Red Army Rhapsody for orchestra opus 77 (1932)
Cginese Sketches for wind instruments opus 78 (1938)
Quartet on American themes for wind instruments opus 79 (1938)
Christopher Columbus, opera after A. Argo and S. Antomonov opus 80 (1933)
Not published.
Symphony No. 3 "The Italian" in A major for domra, balalaika orchestra and wind orchestra opus 81 (1934)
Symphony No. 4 "The Arctic" in D minor opus 82
"The Tricorn, ballet after De Falla, Albeniz and Spanish Folk Songs (1935)
Libretto by M. Galperin.
Not published.
"The Gypsies", ballet after Pushin opus 90 (1936)
Libretto by P. Markov and N. Kholfin.
Not published.
Cantate dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution opus 92 (1937)
"The Snowstorm", opera after K. Jashen opus 98 (1938)
In cooperation with M. Asrafi.
Not published.
Song Cycle opus 100
"The Grand Canal", opera after K. Jashen and M. Rachmanov opus 101 (1939)
In cooperation with M. Asrafi.
Not published.
Revised under the title "The Valley of Fortune".
"Suvorov", opera after S. Krzhizhanovsky opus 102 (1941)
Not Published.
"Akbilyak", ballet after Smirnov opus 103 (1942)
Not published.
Uzbekian Suite for orchestra opus 104 (1943)
LP Melodiya D 16007-8: (two pieces: Prelude - At the Bazaar in Dzhaniabad) Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, B. Khaikin (cond)
Russian Folk Songs opus 110 (1944)
Concerto for cello and orchestra opus 112 (1945)
Trumpet Concerto in C minor "Concert-Poem" opus 113 (1945)
LP Melodiya D 16007-8: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, A. Juraitis (cond), T. Dokshitser (trumpet)
LP Melodiya C10 06785-6: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, A. Juraitis (cond), T. Dokshitser (trumpet)
LP Melodiya C 01035-6: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, A. Juraitis (cond), T. Dokshitser (trumpet)
"Ukraina", suite for orchestra opus 121 (1945)
"Mirandolina", opera after P. Abolimov and V. Varkovitski (1946)
Symphony No. 5 in A minor opus 123 (1947)
Concerto for harp and orchestra opus 126 (1949)
Concerto for piano and orchestra opus 128 (1949)
LP Melodiya D 1734-5: Radio Orchestra, S. Vasilenko (cond), J. Zak (piano)
LP Melodiya D 033345-6: Radio Orchestra, S. Vasilenko (cond), J. Zak (piano)
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra opus 135 (1953)
Concerto for horn and orchestra opus 136 (1953)
"In Spring", suite for flute and small orchestra opus 138 (1954)
LP Melodiya D 06423-4: Moscow PO, N. Anosov (cond), A. Korneyev (flute)
Suite for balalaika and folkorchestra
Other works include vocal, chamber ("Song about Dawn" for oboe and piano), folksongs arrangements, choral works, music for theatre and cinema.
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Personnellement, j'ai fait la connaissance de Vasilenko via une partition pour clarinette et piano intitulée "Oriental Dance" ou "Eastern dances" ou encore "Keleti táncok" que l'on peut télécharger ici :
Liens retirésJ'ai prévu de travailler convenablement cela à la clarinette
On peut également entendre des extraits de sa Suite chinoise, op. 60, n° 1 et de sa Suite indienne, op. 42bis ici : http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223783
Bonne écoute
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