Requiem is a 1966 composition by

Boris Tischenko Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko (Russian Бори́с Ива́нович Ти́щенко; 23 March 1939 – 9 December 2010) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist. Life Tishchenko was born in Leningrad. He studied at the Leningrad Music ...

, to texts from the poetic cycle of the same name by

Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; , . ( – 5 March 1966), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova,. ...

for soprano, tenor and

symphony orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

, Op. 35.Pauline Fairclough - Shostakovich Studies 2 2010 -0521111188 Page 196 "We should add here the Requiem of 1966 by Shostakovich's pupil Boris Tishchenko for soprano, tenor and orchestra based on poems of Anna Akhmatova; like Shostakovich's symphony, it is a setting of selected verses in a non-standard .." The work was kept unperformed and finally premiered 23 years later in June 1989 in the Great Hall of the Leningrad State Philharmonic.

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{{reflist 1966 compositions Tishchenko Anna Akhmatova