1972
Sonata in four fragments (No. 1)





in memory of V. M. Shaternikov
70m
Composer
Soviet Composer (manuscript reprint) 1987
MZK. 5.05.1981
Author ( three parts )
MZK. 10.03.1984
M. Ermolaev (Kollontai)
MZK. 01/09/1992
M. Ermolaev (Kollontai)
18.02.1984. Small Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic
The Sonata in four fragments lasts more than an hour in its full version. In the recording of the author's performance, the Sonata is presented not as a four-part, but as a three-part composition: in the concert performance reflected in this recording, the composer omitted the extended, very beautiful, but technically complex second part, since even in its three-part form the Sonata lasts almost 50 minutes. Perhaps the choice of one or another version is left to the discretion of the performer.
The composition contains many reminders of the achievements of that time, connected with the development of the ancient Russian heritage – of the znamenny “modes of Butsko”, which entail a special chord and a special melody, which becomes clear when a genuine znamenny theme appears at the end of the Sonata.
A very characteristic feature of the composition is the expansion of the sound space: the extreme registers are often used, and what can be called a "measuring of space" occurs. In the second part, the singing of birds at dawn is clearly audible, and then this singing continues in the third part, already against the background of a certain repeating motif that sounds like a severe basso ostinato, like a chaconne or sarabande. The fourth part begins with a znamenny theme (the first motif of the Virgin Mary's hymn "O Tebe rejoices"), which is immediately enveloped in a cloud of singing and ringing melodic undertones.
