for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Les Quadrantides created in 2013 represents the first part of the cycle devoted to the space phenomena. Time-lapse videos of a meteoric shower, and also created by experts of NASA sound reconstructions of magnetospheres of various planets and stars served as material for inspiration. Composition recreates the moment of emergence of a meteoric shower against various changes of a space perceived by the person. The piece was premiered by Saint-Petersburg MolOt-ensemble on March 16 in a chamber hall of the St. Petersburg conservatory of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov.
Duration: 4′
Performance History:
- March 16, 2013 — Music and Science, a concert by the Saint Petersburg MolOt Ensemble, presented as part of the From the Avant-Garde to the Present Day Festival, Chamber Hall of the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- November 18, 2013 — Sound Paths Festival, concert by the Saint Petersburg MolOt Ensemble, Concert Hall of the Saint Petersburg Composers’ House, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- June 5, 2014 — Graduation concert of composition students at the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, Chamber Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Performed by Igor Demidov (conductor), Gennady Dolgov (flute), Kirill Telepnev (clarinet), Alexey Zobnin (violin), Alexey Govorov (cello), and the composer (piano).
- December 6, 2015 — Dissonant Music of the Past and Consonant Music of the Present, A. K. Glazunov Small Hall of the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Performed by Alexandra Zelinskaya, Yulia Kharlanova, Daria Fedorova, Felipe Valverde, and Lilia Varaksina, conducted by Anna Karlova.
- April 25, 2016 — Exposition XXI, the Fifth All-Russian Open Festival of Young Music, Chamber Hall of the M. I. Glinka Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Performed by the NoName Ensemble, conducted by Alexey Zobnin.