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Kurdish work of Persian composer Mehdi Hosseini presented in Russia

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Peshtpa

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The Peshtpa by Iranian Composer Mehdi Hosseini was completed in 2009. It is based on Kurdish Music. The work is scored for Oboe, Bass Clarinet, and Violoncello. The Trio presented at the International Conference A REVERSE PERSPECTIVE which was included on a program that is dedicated to the anniversaries of the births of Pushkin (210 years), Gogol (200 years), and Futurism (100 years) and displayed music of the St. Petersburg school of composition.

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BALUCH by Mehdi Hosseini

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Baluch is a composition by Iranian Composer Mehdi Hosseini for six instruments, written in 2009. It is in three movements and inspired by Persian folk music.

It is one of the first works of Hosseini’s total minimalism work. It was premiered on the 11th of June in 2009 at the Saint Petersburg House of Composers. This performance was given by selected soloists from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and was conducted by Brad Cawyer, an American conductor based in Saint Petersburg.

There are three movements:

Liku Dalgani
Kalampour
Zoljalal-Guati

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Symphony of Monody by Mehdi Hosseini

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Symphony of Monody

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Symphony of Monody is a composition by Mehdi Hosseini for Symphony Orchestra, written in 2004-05. The Symphony Dedicated to Farhad Fakhreddini and the première by the Saint Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Black (American guest-conductor) on Jun 6, 2007.

Symphony No.1 is based on regional music material of Lorestan – specifically the Khosrow-Shirin (Sangin Sama). The Symphony is in one movement, with what can be called a sonata -cycle form while, at the same time, adhering to the multi movement structure of a more traditional symphony through its embedded internal structure, including an expanded development and intensive variation. The Symphony begins and ends on a single axis – with a solo voice in the clarinet – carrying with it a strong philosophic significance for eastern mentality.

The theme is taken from Khosrow and Shirin and was transcribed by Hosseini from a recording by the folklorist Shahmirza Moradi. At the beginning it is presented as solo voice, but then rapidly develops with different variations and mixing polymagam sound structures, heterophony and vakhun – a unique musical configuration found in the Persian instrumental tradition – bringing to a conclusion the Symphony’s exposition. On the whole, the composer has endeavored to reveal the importance of multi sound forms used in eastern music as well as the rich heritage of regional music – all within a mono-thematic symphonic design – as a testimony to the Persian musical character and spirit.

-Timothy Dunne