ORCHESTRAL WORKS
FALAK (1988) Poem for symphony orchestra Duration: 11’ First performance: 5 May 1992, Haifa Haifa Symphony Orchestra – Luis Gorelik (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
GABRIEL (1991) Poem for symphony orchestra Commissioned by the Sherover Foundation Duration: 10’ First performance: 28 April 1993, Beit Gabriel Symphony Orchestra of the Jerusalem Rubin Academy – Mendi Rodan (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
SYMPHONY No. 1 (revised version) (1992) Duration: 21’ First performance: 24 August 2000, Dresden Dresdner Sinfoniker – John Carewe (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
NOSTALGIA (1992) for string orchestra Duration: 14’ First performance: 19 October 1995, Ashdod Ashdod Chamber Orchestra – Luis Gorelik (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
ALEPH (1995) for symphony orchestra Duration: 19’ First performance: 23 February 2003, Tel-Aviv Israel Philharmonic Orchestra – George Pehlivanian (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
INIQUITIES (1998) for 16 players, santur and duduk (according to Psalm 130) Commissioned by the Musica Nova Consort Duration: 14’ First performance: 6 March 1999, Tel-Aviv Musica Nova Consort – Arthur Weisberg (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg • Version for full orchestra, santur and duduk (2000) Duration: 14’ © Sikorski, Hamburg • score: SIKORSKI 8504
GO TANGO (2003) for orchestra Duration: 5’ First performance: 12 May 2005, Hannover NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover – Eiji Oue (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg • score: SIKORSKI 8535
POSTLUDIUM (2003) for orchestra Duration: 6’30’’ First performance: 12 May 2005, Hannover NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover – Eiji Oue (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg • score: SIKORSKI 8535
CONCERTI
SINFONIA CONCERTANTE (1989-1990/1993) for piano and orchestra Duration: 35’
TANOVOR (1994) for flute and chamber orchestra Commissioned by Israel Music Heritage Project Duration: 15’ First performance: 5 June 1994, Rehovot Avichai Ornoy (flute) – The Israel Camerata Rehovot – Avner Biron (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
NOLA (1994) Concerto for various flutes (flute, bass flute, double bass flute) and string orchestra Commissioned by Matthias Ziegler Duration: 23’ First performance: 31 May 1995, Zurich Matthias Ziegler (flutes) – Zurich Chamber Orchestra – Edmond de Stoutz (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA (1998) Dedicated to Maxim Vengerov Duration: 28’ First performance: 24 September 2001, Jerusalem Matan Givol (violin) – Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra IBA – Benjamin Yusupov (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
DASHT (1999) Concerto for trombone, ethnic instruments and chamber ensemble Commissioned by the International Biennale for Contemporary Music Tel-Aviv Dedicated to Alain Trudel and Boris Sichon Duration: 20’ First performance: 25 March 2000, Tel-Aviv Alain Trudel (trombone) – Boris Sichon (ethnic instruments) – Musica Nova Con¬sort – Konstantia Gourzi (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg • Version for trombone, ethnic instruments and orchestra (2000) Duration: 20’ First performance: 2 September 2004, Dessau Michael Massong (trombone) – Boris Sichon (ethnic instruments) – Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau – Golo Berg (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
MAXIMUM (2003) for violin, viola, flute (alto flute), harp and orchestra Dedicated to Maxim Vengerov Duration: 12’ First performance: 13 May 2004, Haifa Maxim Vengerov (violin) – Ozcan Ulucan (viola) – Janne Thomsen (flute) – Jana Bouskova (harp) – Tel Aviv Soloists – Benjamin Yusupov (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
CONCERTO FOR VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA (2003) Dedicated to the closest and the dearest person to me - my wife Commissioned by Maxim Vengerov Duration: 36’ First performance: 7 April 2005, Rekjavik Maxim Vengerov (viola) – Iceland Symphony Orchestra – Benjamin Yusupov (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg • score: SIKORSKI 8675
CONCERTO INTIMO (2005) for piano and orchestra Commissioned by Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra IBA and Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau Duration: 33’ First performance: 15 February 2007, Dessau Benjamin Yusupov (piano) – Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau – Golo Berg (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
CONCERTO FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA (2006) Dedicated to Mischa Maisky Commissioned by Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra Duration: 25’ First performance: 10 January 2008, Lucerne Mischa Maisky (cello) – Lucerne Symphony Orchestra – Benjamin Yusupov (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
CON MOTO FOR MARIMBA (PIANO) AND STRING ORCHESTRA (2007) Duration: 14’ First performance: 7 June 2008, Ankara Chen Zimbalista (marimba) – Bilkent Symphony Orchestra , Ender Sakpinar (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
IMAGES OF THE SOUL CONCERTO FOR TWO CLARINETS AND ORCHESTRA (2010) Commissioned by the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon-Lezion Duration: 28’ First performance: 23 February 2011, Tel-Aviv Daniel and Alex Gurfinkel (clarinets) – Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon-Lezion – Benjamin Yusupov (conductor) © New Stream
VOCAL WORKS
FEELINGS OF CREATION (1995) Cantata for narrator, mixed choir, percussion, viola and piano Text: Galit Gilad and Omar Khayyam (in No. 5, from “Rubaiyat”) (in Hebrew and Persian) Commissioned by the Petach-Tikva Conservatory 1. Thus am I ... INTERLUDE I 2. Fig-tree, Were your Fruits always Sweet? INTERLUDE II 3. To Each Man his Identity 4. The War is Going on in the North 5. There was One Drop of Water INTERLUDE III 6. A Man who Killed his Brother 7. In my Sleep and in my Dream Duration: 33’ First performance: 15 November 1995, Petach-Tikva Benjamin Yusupov (narrator) – Lirica Choir and ensemble – Nili Harpaz (conductor) © Sikorski, Hamburg
SIX TANKA (1998) for mezzo-soprano, violin (or viola) and piano Texts from ancient Japanese poetry from the 8th-13th century by Yamanoue no Okura [No. 1], Otomo no Yakamochi and Ariwara no Narihira [No. 3], Ki no Tsurayuki [No. 4], Sikisi no Naysinno [No. 5], and Nijo-saki no Dayjodayj, Ano¬nymous, and Ki no Tomonori [No. 6] (in Italian) Dedicated to Cecilia Bartoli and Maxim Vengerov 1. Non ho che un triste ... 2. ... Fatalita ... 3. Se mi domandi ... 4. Sogno, e solo un sogno 5. Soffio il vento ... 6. No, la neve non e Duration: 20’ © Sikorski, Hamburg
INSTRUMENTAL CHAMBER MUSIC
SADOI KUCHSOR (MOUNTAIN SOUNDS) (1985) for brass quintet (horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba) Duration: 8’ First performance: May 1985, Moscow Brass Quintet of the Moscow Conservatory
STRING QUARTET (1986) Duration: 14’ First performance: 21 July 1994, London Imperior Quartet
SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO (1988) Duration: 22’ First performance: 4 April 1988, Dushanbe Zuchra Sadikova (violoncello) – Benjamin Yusupov (piano) © Sikorski, Hamburg
MELANCHOLY (1984/1995) for piano Duration: 7’ First performance: March 1995, Petach-Tikva Benjamin Yusupov (piano) © IMC
QUINTET FOR MARIMBA (PIANO), TWO VIOLINS, VIOLA AND VIOLONCELLO (1996) Commissioned by the Kol-Israel Upper Galilee Music Days Festival Duration: 14’ First performance: 31 July 1996, Kfar Blum C. Zimbalista (marimba) – A. Kobiliansky, N. Gandelsman (violins) – Y. Meyuhas (viola) – F. Nemirovsky (violoncello) First performance of the piano quintet version: 5 June 1998, Tel-Aviv Benjamin Yusupov (piano) – Filarmonica String Quartet © Sikorski, Hamburg
METAPHOR (1996) for harp (or piano) Duration: 7’ First performance: 10 October 2007, New York Bridget Kibbey (harp) © Sikorski, Hamburg
JONONA (1996) for flute, oud (and Arabian violin), double bass and percussion Commissioned by the Ensemble Shesh-Besh Duration: 7’ First performance: 6 May 1998, Tel-Aviv Ensemble Shech-Besh © ENJA Records Matthias Winckelmann GmbH Munich
BUT IN VAIN (1997) for flute, viola and harp Duration: 10’ First performance: 2 June 1997, Ramat-Gan Rami Tal (flute) – Gitit Alpert (harp) – Amos Boazsohn (viola)
WHAT I WISHED FOR (1997) for string quartet Commissioned by the Jerusalem Music Centre Duration: 5’ First performance: 1 May 1998, Jerusalem Tal Quartet © Israel Music Institute
SEGOH (1997) for flute, oud (and Arabian violin) and percussion Commissioned by the Ensemble Shesh-Besh Duration: 10’ First performance: 6 May 1998, Tel-Aviv Ensemble Shesh-Besh © ENJA Records Matthias Winckelmann GmbH Munich
SONATA FOR TWO PIANOS (1983/1998) Duration: 24’ First performance: February 1999, Tel-Aviv Israeli Piano Duo (Ester Abramzohn and Nina Temkin) © Sikorski, Hamburg
PIANO TRIO (2000) Commissioned by the Jerusalem Music Centre Duration: 20’ First performance: 31 March 2000, Jerusalem The Tel-Aviv Trio: Y. Aner (piano) – M. Givol (violin) – I. Givol (violoncello) © Sikorski, Hamburg
DIRLO BUBIN (2000) for flute, oud (and Arabian violin), double bass and percussion Commissioned by the Ensemble Shesh-Besh Duration: 10’ First performance: 12 November 2000, Tel-Aviv Ensemble Shesh-Besh
CROSSROADS No. I (2003) for alto flute, violin and crotales Duration: 14’ First performance: 27 February 2004, Milano Annamaria Morini (alto flute) – Enzo Porta (violin) © Sikorski, Hamburg
CROSSROADS No. II (2004) for piano Commissioned by Tel-Hai International Master-Classes Duration: 12’ First performance: 28 July 2004, Tel Aviv Erika Tiffanie Chow © Sikorski, Hamburg • score: SIKORSKI 8527
CROSSROADS No. III (2006) for guitar Commissioned by Yuval Avital Duration: 13’ First performance: 19 May 2006, Almaty Yuval Avital © Sikorski, Hamburg • score: SIKORSKI 8553
HAQQONI - CROSSROADS No. IV (2007) for clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano and tape Commissioned for Continuum by Edward Yagudaev in memory of Eduard Nektalov Duration: 18’ First performance: 10 October 2007, New York Ensemble Continuum © Sikorski, Hamburg
MUSICA MUNDI (2008) for string quartet Commissioned by Musica Mundi Festival Duration: 21’ First performance: 26 July 2008, Brussels Talich Quartet © Sikorski, Hamburg• score: SIKORSKI 8586
CROSSROADS No. V (2008) for string sextet Commissioned by the Israel Chamber Music Society in memory of Smadar Shazar Duration: 20’ First performance: 9 December, 2008, Haifa Guy Braunstein, Eliron Cziger - violins, Amichai Gross, Ori Kam - violas, Kristina Reiko Cooper, Zvi Plesser - cellos © Sikorski, Hamburg
MEMORIES - CROSSROADS No. VI (2009) octet for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, harp and piano Commissioned by Storstroems Kammerensemble in memory of my dear father Duration: 12’ First performance: 22 August, 2010, Denmark Danish Chamber Players © Israel Music Institute