- Second Symphony (1977)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for orchestra
ca. 19'00"
- Se'maa (1994)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, percussion, guitar, harp, piano, strings
ca. 16'20"
My composition Sema'a, for the large ensemble, is not an illustration of dancing dervishes. Sema'a is my thoughts about the mankind circling destiny, about the motivation of the nature to create, variate, and circle forms and circumstances again and again. Sema'a is my pray for humanity and my hope.
Sema'a was commissioned by the Nieuw Ensemble, the Netherlands and premiered in Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Hague in 1994. Conductor: Ed Spanjaard
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- Samandary (2007)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for flute/piccolo, strings, and piano
ca. 15'00"
- Sajda (2006)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for chamber orchestra, soprano, and tenor
ca. 35'00"
- Cheshma (1984)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for piano
ca. 48'00"
Cheshma (alternate spelling is Cheshme) is a cycle of 12 preludes for solo piano. Cheshme means a spring - an unearthed mineral water, cold and fresh, with many health benefits. At the same time Cheshme is the representation of the multilayered Azerbaijani traditional music full of emotions, beautiful melodies, unrepeatable rhythmical patterns. Creating this piano cycle I was inspired by perfectness of the nature and music of my country.
The subtitle for this piece is "The Spring."
Click here to listen to a recording of Rahilia Hasanova performing Prelude No. 1.
Click here to listen to a recording of Rahilia Hasanova performing Prelude No. 4.
- The Pulse (2012)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for clarinet in Bb, violin, and piano
ca. 8'56"
Pulse represents the birth of the rhythmical patterns through variations of beats and accents. The mixture of melodic intonations, timbral colors, and gradually growing dynamical intensification creates entirely the pulse of this extraordinary composition.
Performers:
Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet
Airi Yoshioka, violin
Ina Mirtcheva, piano
Click here to listen to a recording of this piece.
- Marseaya (1993)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, bassoon, string quartet, piano, and chorus
ca. 15'35"
- Pirebedil (1996)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for oboe, clarinet in Bb, bassoon, French horn, percussion, strings, piano, and voice
ca. 26'58"
Pirebedil is a name of a group of old ancient Azerbaijani carpets which are well known by its special authentic symbols. Each symbol represents a certain meaning that is a part of a large puzzle. Being aware about these meanings one can read the Pirebedil as a text. These amazing hand crafted carpets uncover forgotten stories and legends.
Pirebedil was commissioned and performed by New Ensemble, the Netherland in 1996.
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- Pazyryk (2014)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for septet
ca. 10'45"
- Lullaby of the Stars (2003, rev. 2015)
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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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- Jasmine Petals (1998)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for piano
ca. 8'00"
Jasmine Petals is a piano cycle of the seven colorful emotional miniatures. Impressed by my own thoughts about fugitiveness and fragileness of our lives, full of unexpected changes and disappointments, sad or joyful shakes, I composed these seven reflections. The contemplation of beauty and gentleness of jasmine flowers, coming and vanishing recalling fulfill the sounding of these pieces. They are individualized regarding their textures and forms. But actually they are short improvisations that relatively express my feelings, disappearing through space measurements and time, like drying and dropping down jasmine petals. Two miniatures of the cycle, miniatures V and VII, represent an idea of clocks that accompany us from our childhood to the end. As getting dry, jasmine flowers lose its petals as time shrinking out day-by-day... minute-by-minute...
My friend, you said, “ Time is Evil”
I think, “ Time is Happiness”
And Sender is Heaven
It can be short or lon
Your choice
- Rahilia Hasanova
The recording of this piece was from by Adila Javadzade at National Art Museum of Azerbaijan.
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- Impulse (1981)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for violin and piano
ca. 14'00"
Impulse is the first composition of the trilogy. Two others are Pulse (2012 for violin, clarinet, and piano) and Pulseless (2017 for violin, cello, and piano). Nature, starts everything from full ideas and logical impulses that have certain parameters for certain creations. A single impulse brings energy for upcoming pulsations. Timing for pulsations depends on how forceful the impulse is. All parameters of this process are related to the first impulse, that is the creative energy of its life. The force of this energy creates and emits all upcoming pulsations and after all gradually fading, freezes in the pulseless condition and silence. All these actions are coded insde of the first impulse.
The recording I have used for this video was made during the rehearsal in Tbilisi. The performers were Adila Javadzade, piano and Nino Shamugia, violin. Maybe it is far from an ideal recording but it is very valuable for me because performers captured the spirit and emotional vibrations of Impulse. I was amazed by their artistic approach. You may listen to another version of the concert premier of Impulse on my YouTube playlist collections. The Baku premier performance was featured by Adila Javadzade, piano and Elina Aliyeva, violin.
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- Gaval Dash (2012)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for violoncello and piano
ca. 5'39"
Gaval Dash means "drumming stone." The Gaval dash is a huge, rounded piece of the stone that is the unique creation of nature. It produces sounds and overtones when you drum or touch it with any other piece of stone. The Gaval dash is in Gobustan - a place near Baku, Azerbaijan. Here you can meditate and contemplate strangely-shaped rocks and hills, murals with pictographic calendars and "dancing people" images, mud volcanic geysers touching and feeling an inner choir of the Gaval dash. This place is full of mystery. Nobody knows who could lift such a heavy but sensitive "drum" on top of the cone-shaped rock. Perhaps the Gaval dash consists of iron or some other chemical elements. It could be an explanation for its extraordinary timbre. No doubt, it was used for ritualistic dances of ancient people who lived here many centuries B.C.
This piece was recorded at a concert that took place at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2018, performed by Dorotea Racz, cello and Hui-Chuan Chen, piano.
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- First Symphony (1976)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for orchestra
ca. 21'00"
- Extinct Volcanoes (2018)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for double bass and piano
ca. 15'00"
Scientists considered extinct volcanoes as cold, dead volcanoes because centuries beneath them there is no underground activity. They would be ones that nobody expects to ever erupt again. But new research turned all these definitions upside-down: extinct volcanoes are waking up. Getting hotter, they finally would be ready to burst out. There have already been a number of eruptions from extinct volcanoes. Yes, volcanoes thought to be dead have erupted or have visible signs of geological changes all around the world: Yellowstone, Yosemite, Campi Flegrei, Changbaishan, Krakatoa, Popokatepetl, Eyjafjallajokull... Extinct volcanoes break silence. Maybe the Earth has something to tell us?
- Perfect Equilibrium (2016)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for piano quintet
ca. 14'05"
- Concert No. 2 (2008)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for piano, trumpet, percussion and string orchestra
ca. 12'09"
- Alla Meykhana (1996)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for solo piano
ca. 8'00"
Alla Meykhana means "like meykhana" or "sort of meykhana." Meykhana is the folk genre based on rhythmical beats of Aruz/ghazal form of poetry through minimalistic repetitions of simple melody. Mostly developing around the Absheron region of the capital city of Azerbaijan, Baku, meykhana performers used a large spectrum of social, political, humanistic, satirical, and romantic subjects, accompanying themselves with simple drums or just with finger snapping (findiqcha). Alla Meykhana for solo piano represents the special expressive atmosphere of meykhana events, musical declamation, and typical rhythmical beats of this old traditional genre.
Performer: Rena Rzayeva
Video and some photos by Rahilia Hasanova
Click here to listen to a recording on YouTube.
- Autumn's Palette (1975/79, rev 2011)
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Rahilia Hasanova
for solo piano
ca. 19'10"
The fall foliage is a natural yearly but not simple event of the play of the colors. At the same time this is a mystical process of the work of solar energy producing chemicals for plants. Less sun energy means less chlorophyll, or green pigment. Less transportation of green pigment means more appearance of the hot register of thelight spectrum:red, orange, yellow, pink, purple, and brown pigments gradually playing bronze, gold, and silver. Autumn's palette is always vibrating unexpectedly different colors and depends on how sunny, dry, or rainy a previous summer has been. Nobody knows what the palette of the next foliage will be. And any color will have its own story.
Click here to listen to a recording of Umber.
Click here to listen to a recording of Yellow.
Click here to listen to a recording of Ochre (alternate title Amaranthe).
Click here to listen to a recording of Terracotta.
Click here to listen to a recording of Sienna.
- Monad: Sonata for Piano (1993)
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Rahila Hasanova
for solo piano
ca. 17'00"
Monad means "Unit," and everything is connected in this Unit via frequencies, vibrations, numbers, forms, forces that are building and shaping the Unit–Monad where all of us and everyone exists.
The recording is of performer Rena Rzayeva.
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