Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh
Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh is a Belarusian composer. She was born in Baranovichi and studied with Mikalay Il'ich Aladaw and Dmitry Smolsky at the Conservatory of Belarus, graduating in 1972. She joined the Belarusian Composers’ Union in 1974 and continued her education with Sergey Slonimsky while teaching at the Leningrad Conservatory. After completing her studies in 1980, she has worked as a full-time composer.Works
Karpawna's compositions are influenced by the folk music of Belarus and by liturgical music. Selected works include:
- Tarakanischche , 1972
- Lubok, choral suite, 1974
- Trava-murava, cantata, 1979
- Requiem ‘Pamyatayse’ choral
- Kolesnik: Ya z vognennay vyoski, speaker, chorus, solo vv, orchestra, 1982
- Igrïshchï, vocal-symphony picture, 2 solo vv, chorus, orchestra, 1983
- Skarbonka minulaga , 1987
- Blagoslovi, dusha moya, 1991
- Skaz pra Igara , speaker, organ, chorus, organ, 1991
- 12 pesnopeniy o belorusskikh svyatïkh, 1994
- Nestserka, symphonic poem, 1971
- Yarmarochnïye zarisovki, orchestral suite, 1979
- Yuraw dzen, fairy-concerto for orchestra
