Scientific journal
Название журнала на английском
ISSN 2500-0802
ПИ №ФС77-61154

THREE MASTERPIECES OF RODION SHEDRIN ON THE SARAL THEMES

Ivanov A.M. 1
1 Academy of Choral Art. V.S. Popov
In this article the author reveals the sacral theme in Rodion Shchedrin’s art at the example of the three large opuses of the composer. Comparing «The Sealed Angel» Choral Music after N.S.Leskov (1988) with «the Enchanted Wanderer» opera (2002) and «Boyarinya Morozova» choral opera (2006) the author concludes that each of them implies a spiritual meaning, and in one way or another, expresses the composer’s speculations on eternal questions of faith, life and death, sin and atonement. In the conclusion of the article the author suggests his vision of artistic presuppositions in the composer’s oeuvre which led to the creation of mentioned pieces of sacral topic. Also a new system of notions classifying the deep sacral senses in Rodion Shchedrin’s creative work is suggested.