For SATB Voices Divisi and Optional Oboe
Edited by Elena Sharkova
Russian composer Valery Gavrilin (b. 1939, Volodga; d. 1999, St. Petersburg) completed his thirteen movement composition Chimes in 1982 and subtitled it Upon Reading V. Shukshyn Miracle Play- Choral Symphony. Throughout the piece one finds the image of an endless road – as a river of life – traveled by generation to generation.
Playful and rhythmic, the nonsensical and happy-go-lucky narrative of the fourth movement is enhanced by onomatopoeic text and thick chordal texture.