Dranitsyn N. Passacaglia-Intermezzo to the Memory of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. For string quartet and string orchestra

Nikolai Nikolayevich Dranitsyn (1946–2010) — composer, conductor, teacher, having lectured at the Petersburg Conservatoire, Petersburg Culture and Arts University, N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Music College. Dranitsyn is the author of orchestral compositions, choral cycles and miniatures, romances, songs, music for theatre, cinema and TV. Compositions: suite “Puzzles” to the texts of Russian folk riddles, “Passacaglia-Intermezzo” to N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov’s memory for string quartet and string orchestra, song-oratorio “Chins up, Blues!” for choir and jazz combo, arrangements of folk songs for choir with soloists.