Halina Harelava Kanstantsinawna, also known as Galina Gorelova , is a Belarusian contemporary composer. She was born in Minsk

Minsk

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, Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, and studied music at the National Conservatory in Minsk with Dmitry Smolsky

Dmitry Smolsky

Dmitry Smolsky or Dmitry Smolski is a Belarusian composer. He was born in Minsk, Belarus, and began his study of music at the Moscow Conservatory. He continued his studies at the Belarusian State Conservatory, graduating in 1960...

, graduating in 1977. After completing her studies, she took at position teaching theory and composition at the Conservatory. She received the State Prize of Belarus' in 1992 for Anno mundis ardentis.

Works

Harelava's works incorporate elements of Belarusian folk themes, and she is noted for children's compositions. Selected works include:

• Liricheskaya kantata [Lyrical Cant.] (trad. Belarusian texts), female chorus, orch, 1979
• Anno mundis ardentis (P. Antokol'sky, G. Appolinaire, L. Aragon, V. Bryusov, S. Kirsanov, A. Rimbault, A. Tarkovsky), Mez, Bar, orch, 1989
• Tïsyacha let nadezhdï [A Thousand Years of Hope] (poets of the 10th–20th centuries), female v, orch, 1990
• Violin Concerto, 1979
• Oboe Concerto, 1984
• Bandarowna, symphonic poem, 1986
• Balalaika Concerto, 1991
• Trumpet Concerto, 1992
• Guitar Concerto, 1994
• Concerto for viola, string orchestra and bells, 2000
• Pėsazhï [Landscapes], sym. poem
• Alyoshin ugolok [Alyosha’s Corner], symphonic poem
• Ballade, vc, pf, 1987
• Sonata, vn, pf, 1987
• Legenda, tbn, pf, 1990
• Sonata ‘Al fresco’, db, pf, 1995
• Pianoforte Sonata, 1996
• Sonata, cl, 1996
• Al Sereno, Concert Fantasy for viola and piano, 1998
• Eine kleine Nachtmusik for viola and piano, 2001
• Lucia perpetuo moto for viola and piano, 2001
• Introduction and Fantasy on a Ragtime Theme for viola and piano, 2003
• Dzyavochiya pesni [Girls’ Songs] song cycle (M. Bogdanovich), 1979 *Grustnïye pesni [Sad Songs] song cycle (A. Akhmatova), 1980
• Khvala bednyakam [In Praise of the Poor] song cycle (P. Béranger), 1991

External links

• Galina Gorelova at the Living Composers Project