Linda Dusman

for C flute, A clarinet, violin, cello, piano, large tam-tam, medium triangle (very resonant), crotales, Almglocken (B5 only), and 5-octave marimba

ca. 11'00"

This piece is dedicated to the Ruckus Ensemble and to Rahilia Hasanova, an extraordinary composer and friend. The recording heard when viewing the score was from an October 2024 LiveWire Festival performance by the Ruckus Ensemble at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The performers were Lisa Cella (flute), Natalie Groom (clarinet), Airi Yoshioka (violin), Gita Ladd (cello), Teodora Adzharova (piano), and Dustin Donahue (percussion).

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Rahilia Hasanova

for orchestra

ca. 7'00"

The golden-eyed stars, gently ightning the skies,

Sounding orchestra-like, attacking, breathing, and vibrating,

They're lullabying for the sleeping earth...

But as the morning star's awakening a down,

Conducting them to fade through nights and constellations,

The golden-eyed stars are vanishing and melting in the heavens...

The earth continues to sing for them her lullaby:

It's time to sleep for golden-eyed stars.

- Rahilia Hasanova

The first version of Lullaby of the Stars (Ulduzlarin Laylasi) was written for chamber orchestra in 2003 and premiered at the Organ and Chamber Music Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2003.The second version of the Lullaby of the Stars (renewed for Symphony orchestra in 2015) was performed at the Nasimi festival of Art and Music on October 1, 2019 at the Center of Geydar Aliyev in Baku, Azerbaijan. Imadeddin Nasimi is the greatest Sufi poet, philosopher of 14 century well known by his revolutionary writings and progressive creation of mystic pantheistic doctrine.

Video is recorded by Azerbaijani TV Performers: Baku State Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Mustafa Mehmandarov Stage director: Aleksey Smirnov. 

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