Ovcharenko, Halyna (Ivanovna)
Ovcharenko, Halyna (Ivanovna)
- Nina Sergeyevna Shurova
(b Novodruzhevka settlement, Lugansk province, July 9, 1963). Ukrainian composer. A graduate of Ishchenko's class at the Kiev Conservatory (1987), she taught at the Lysenko Middle School (1990–93) before lecturing at the pedagogical institute in Sumy. She is a laureate of the Kiev Festival competition (1992 and 1995) and of the Leontovych Prize (1992). The main trend in her work is determined by rural folklore (she has sung in and directed folk ensembles) and folk music forms the basis of all of her compositions. In her attempts to breathe symphonic life into folksong, she has encountered the problem of amalgamating folk sources and frequently complex contemporary techniques. She is especially attracted to choral cycles; Chumats′ki pisni (‘Songs of the Oxcart Drivers’) is based on seasonal texts and games, while the more recent Opalyonnaya mal′va (‘The Sun-Scorched Mallow’) deals with the Chernobyl tragedy. In Predkovichne (‘Ancestry’) she exhibits a deep sympathy for the pagan roots of Ukrainian culture and its relevance to the position of humanity in the universe.
Works
(selective list)
Children's Pictures, 6 pieces, 1v, pf, 1980 |
5 Preludes, pf, 1982 |
Pf Sonata, 1985 |
Cant., solo vv, children's choir, orch, 1987 |
Chumats′ki pisni [Songs of the Oxcart Drivers] (cant.), male chorus, 1989 |
Vesnovyi [Vernal song], choir, 1989 |
Dribushechki [Rapid Platter Dance], orch, 1992 |
Opalyonnaya mal′va [The Sun-Scorched Mallow] (cant.), solo vv, spkr, chorus, orch, 1992 |
Toccata, tpt, 1993 |
Charivniy svit u skalkakh l′odu [The Wizard World in Pieces of Ice], 2 pf, 1994 |
Gopak, 2 pf, 1994 |
Everlasting (trad.), vv, orch, 1995 |
Khytalasya tisha u nebi [The Lulling Silence of Heaven], brass qnt, 1995 |
2 Pieces for an Inspired Clarinetist, 1995 |
Invocation of Rain (trad.), 1v, 4 perc, 1996 |
Negative of Sketch (op, S. Vitkevich), 1996 |
Str Qt, 1996 |
Transformations, orch, 1997 |
Moods (W.B. Yeats), choir, 1997 |
Illusion, 18 solo str, 1997 |
Le nonsense (E. Lear), hp, authentic voices, 1998 |
Studies in Witchcraft, orch, 1999 |
MSS in UA-Km; Ukraine Ministry of Culture |