(b. 3 March 1941, Voznesensk – d. 9 March 2022, Totnes).
Russian composer, born in Ukraine and later resident in the UK, of orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Shoot studied composition with Nikolay Peyko at the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow, where he graduated in 1967.
His music has been performed in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK, and the USA.
He was also active in other positions. He worked as the music editor of the publisher Sovetsky Kompozitor in Moscow from 1967–82. He then served as composer-in-residence to the Dartington Hall Trust from 1992–94.
He lived in the UK from 1992–2022, where he became a citizen in 1994.
He is the father of the composer Eliahu Shoot.
In addition to the works listed below, he wrote scores for many films from 1982–92.
His primary publisher is Edition Peters.
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL:
Romantic Messages, bassoon, small orchestra (flute, prepared piano, strings), 1979
Largo Sinfonia, organ, small orchestra (15 players), 1981
Warum?, small orchestra (15 players), 1986
Ex Animo, large orchestra, 1988
Sinfonia da camera No. 4, tam-tam, string orchestra, 1992
Sinfonia da camera No. 5, small orchestra (16 players), 1992
Serenade, string orchestra, 1995
Divertimento, recorders (1 player), vibraphone, string orchestra, 1997
High-Cross Symphony, large orchestra, 1998
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Sonata–Fantasia, violin, piano, 1969, revised 2001
Sonata, cello, 1970, revised 1999
Sinfonia da camera No. 1, 4 cellos, double bass, timpani, 1973
Sinfonia da camera No. 2, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, viola, cello, double bass, 1975
Sonata Breve, flute, 1977
Trio, bassoon, cello, percussion, 1978
Solo per Fagotto, bassoon, 1978
Sinfonia da camera No. 3, flute, oboe, 2 ensembles (3 violins, viola, cello, double bass, percussion each), 1978
Metamorphosis, alto saxophone, harp, double bass, percussion, 1979
Trio, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 1982
Parable, 6 percussion, 1983
Espressivo, flute, oboe, violin, cello, piano, 1984
Epitaph, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1984
Mini-Partita, viola, piano, 1987
Four Versions, bassoon, string quartet, 1990 (also version for bassoon, violin, viola, cello, 1996)
Offering, violin, cello, piano, 1991
Serenade, string quartet, 1994
Pantomime, flute, harpsichord, 1995
Con Passione, piano, string quartet, 1995
Amoroso, clarinet, string quartet, 1996
Chaconne, accordion, 1999
Pastorale, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, 2002
Eternal Rest, 3 percussion, 2002
Suite, string quartet, 2003
CHORAL:
She came and went (text by James Russell Lowell), mixed chorus, 2001 (also version for mixed chorus, soprano recorder, 2001)
Two Holy Sonnets (text by John Donne), mixed chorus, 2003
VOCAL:
Two Songs of Robert Burns (text by Robert Burns [translated by Samuil Marshak]), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1964, revised 2002
Six Poems by Sergey Gorodetsky (text by Sergey Gorodetsky), high voice, piano, 1970
Gleam of Light (text by Boris Pasternak), middle voice, piano, 1988, revised 2002
Vorgefühl (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), high voice, 2 clarinets (2nd + bass clarinet), viola, cello, double bass, 1993
Four Songs on Words by P. B. Shelley (text by Percy Bysshe Shelley), soprano, string quartet, 1994
Three Songs on Words by Osip Mandelstam (text by Osip Mandelstam), high voice, flute, clarinet, string quartet, 1994
Day and Night (text by Fyodor Tyutchev), high voice, soprano recorder, string quartet, 2000
The Miller's Daughter (text from a folk ballad from the UK), soprano, clarinet, percussion, 2001 (also version for soprano, clarinet, violin, percussion, 2002)
PIANO:
Silhouettes, 1973
Sonatina, 1974, revised 2002
ORGAN:
Confession, 1993, revised 2000
DIDACTIC MUSIC:
Cuckoo's Rhymes (20 Miniatures for Children), violin, piano, 1969, revised 1999
Youth Album, violin, piano, 1971, revised 1999
Children's Album, piano, 1975, revised 1995
Five Easy Pieces, French horn, piano, 1976, revised 2001
DISCOGRAPHY
Romantic Messages. Valery Popov, bassoon; Valery Polyansky/Orchestra of the P. I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow (Melodiya, 1980) (LP)
Four Versions (original version). Valery Popov, bassoon; Vladimir Ponkin/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga: MK 417036, 1991)
Warum? Alexei Vinogradov/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Olympia: OCD 283, 1991)
Trio. Valery Popov, bassoon; Natalya Savinova, cello; Alexander Suvorov, percussion (Olympia: OCD 297, 1993)
Three Songs on Words by Osip Mandelstam. Katia Kichigina, soprano; Oxalys Ensemble (Explicit! Records: E! 99004, 2000)
Ex Animo; Sinfonia da camera No. 5; High-Cross Symphony. Vladimir Ponkin/Rachmaninoff Symphony Orchestra (Sojuz: CD0001, 2003)
Four Songs on Words by P. B. Shelley. Elena Vassilieva, soprano; Quatuor Sine Nomine (Claves: CD 50-2303, 2003)