Dmitri N. Smirnov: Three Portraits (Giotto, Durer and Rublev)

Dmitri N. Smirnov: “Three Portraits“ for large symphony orchestra, , 2012, ca. 10’ I wanted to present in this work the musical portraits of three artists of the 13th-15th centuries who stood at the beginning of European painting: Giotto, Durer and Rublev, and convey my impression of their works, such as Giotto’s frescoes from Capella dei Scrovegni in Padua, particular “Christmas”, “Flight into Egypt”, “Kiss of Judah”; Durer’s engravings from the Apocalypse series, especially the “Four Apocalyptic