Review & Press - Boris Pigovat

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*REQUIEM "THE HOLOCAUST"*
	1994-1995 for Viola and Symphony Orchestra


*Roman KOFMAN,* *Ukrainian daily newspaper “The Day”, 9 October 2001*
	I'm sure that the Holocaust Requeim has a great future. Boris Pigovat's composition is very sophisticated, but isn't flowery of the pretentious. It is simple but not primitive, it is frank and heartfelt, an outstanding work. Read more...

*Donald MAURICE* *BYU USA, 2 March 2009*
	I have to tell myself I can't cry, I got to keep playing... Read more...

*John BUTTON* *The DOMINION POST, NZ, 11 November 2008*
	The Music is harrowing and tense, and very Russian in sound. Echoes of contemporary composers such as Denisov, Kanchelli and Gubaidulina can be heard, as well as the inexorable thread of Shostakovich in the Dies Irae, but the voice of the composer remains highly individual. Balancing the violence, anger and tension is the conciliatory beauty of the Lux Eterna that rounds out a work of deeply felt power. Read more...

*Howard Smith,* *MV Daily, November 2008*
	Using purely orchestral forces this 46-minute symphonic-concerto encompasses ear-splitting anguish, horror and confusion -- tolling tintinnabulations mark the outset of unspeakable atrocities while abject grief is heightened by sonorous lamentations of the solo viola; a role of unusually formidable demands. Read more...

*Garth WILSHERE,* *Capital Times, NZ, December 2008*
	Pigovat's music is evocative and distuibing in its depiction of the Holocaust. With styles reminiscent of other Russian composers, including the rich melancholy of Shostakovich the compositional style is still distinctly Pigovat's own. Intense and strongly assured it is a life-affirming piece that makes a telling statemen with subtlety. Read more...

*Donald MAURICE & Marc TADDEI,* *Radio New Zealand, NZ, 6 November 2008*
	Online Interview, Duration: ca. 16 minutes Listen...

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*SONG OF THE SEA*
	2005 Poem for Symphonic Wind Band


Dennis L. JOHNSON, Past President, WASBE Artistic Director - World Projects, Washington DC Director of Bands and Orchestra Murray State University
	Boris Pigovat is a bright, fresh voice in the world of wind band composition. His “Song of the Sea” is an original tone poem written for myself and the Murray State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and was premiered in a special performance in Carnegie Hall on March 29 of 2005. This dramatic work captures the beauty and majesty of the open sea as well as its darker and more ominous mood during a ferocious storm. The work carries the listener on a journey through calm and tempest and ends with a grandios climax that rivals any of the great programmatic composers of this or any era. The wind ensemble and I thoroughly enjoyed the preparation and performance of this masterful work as did the exhilarated crowd in Carnegie Hall that called us back three times. “Song of the Sea” deserves to be on all collegiate and (technically proficient) high school band programs throughout the world. It is a masterpiece for wind band.

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