Chimes: Upon Reading V. M. Shukshin

Chimes: Upon Reading V. M. Shukshin (Перезвоны — По прочтении В. М. Шукшина) is a choral symphony by Valery Gavrilin. It was composed between 1978 and 1982, and premiered in 1984. The texts, inspired after a reading of Vasily Shukshin, are compiled from folk poetry, Albina Shulgina, and Gavrilin himself. The premiere in 1984 was seen as a turning away from European themes to Russian themes in Gavrilin's output. The work was recorded by Melodiya in 1988, with the soloists Natalia Gerasimova, Svetlana Beloklokova, Ludmila Slepneva, Anatoly Lyubimov, and the Moscow Chamber Choir, conducted by Vladimir Minin.

Instrumentation
The instrumentation for Chimes is as follows:


 * Woodwind
 * Oboe


 * Percussion
 * Timpani
 * Triangle
 * Snare drum
 * Whip
 * Cymbals
 * Bass drum
 * Tam-tam
 * Tubular bells


 * Voices
 * Soprano solo
 * Tenor solo
 * Speaker (male voice)
 * SATB choir (sopranos dived into two sections)

Movements
1. Cheerful in Spirit (Весело на душе)

2. Death of a Bandit (Смерть разбойника)

3. Little Reed Pipe (Дудочка)

4. Nonsense (Ерунда)

5. Little Reed Pipe

6. Hangout (Посиделки)

7. Little Reed Pipe

8. Ti-ri-ri (Ти-ри-ри)

9. Little Reed Pipe

10. Evening Music (Вечерняя музыка)

11. Little Reed Pipe

12. Sunday (Воскресенье)

13. Little Reed Pipe

14. Tell Me, Tell Me, Darling (Скажи, скажи, голубчик)

15. Ugly Lady (Страшенная баба)

16. White-White Snow (Белы-белы снеги)

17. Prayer (Молитва)

18. Mother River (Матка-река)

19. Little Reed Pipe

20. The Road (Дорога)