SOLO

Vladislav Shoot graduated from Professor N Peiko's composition class at the Gnerin Musical-Pedagogoe Institute. During 1967-82 he worked as an editor in Sovetsky Kompositor Publishers. The composer dedicated his several works to the creation and elaboration of new images of the bassoon: 'Trio' for bassoon, cello and percussion (1978); 'Romantic Messages' for bassoon, strings, flute and prepared piano (1979); 'Four Versions' for bassoon and string quartet (1990). 'Solo per fagotto' was written in 1979. This piece reveals par excellence the melodic nature of the instrument, though actively using modern ways of playing: chords, microintervals, glissandi and large bounds.

"I made my first acquaintance with the music of Vladislav Shoot through a series of programmes of music by composers of the then USSR. I recorded Romantic Messages, an intriguing piece which, along with his other bassoon music is dedicated to and specially written for Valery Popov. Not long after the recording I received a letter from Mr Shoot including his 'Trio' which I subsequently performed at a festival of Soviet music at the Almeida Theatre. I was immediately struck by Vladislav Shoot's affinity for the bassoon and his interest in extending its technical and lyrical potential. Whilst in communication with Vladislav Shoot over the arrangements for publishing Solo per fagotto (done through a Russian-speaking colleague), I queried the translation of his name (which resembles WYTb in Russian), pointing out its English meaning. He replied that he would prefer a phonetic rather than literal translation given that 'Shoot' in Russian means 'Jester'! He added that since the Second Russian Revolution he had been learning English, and he hoped to be able to visit this country for six months from January 1993." - Graham Sheen

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