Selected
Works
Petros Shoujounian

Orchestra

  • Trois Miniatures (1984) 15 min.
    String orchestra.
    Premiere: March 9, 1986, Événements du Neuf;
    I Musici de Montréal, Yuli Turovsky, conductor.

Orchestra with Soloist(s)

  • Agh Tamar (1983) 16 min.
    Bassoon and 16 instruments.
    Premiere: 1984, Radio-Canada, Montréal; Raffi Armenian, conductor.
  • Ararat: poème symphonique (1981) 45 min.
    (Text in Armenian by Mardiross Kavoukjian)
    SATB soloists, chorus/3334/4441/percussion, timpani, piano, organ, ondes Martenot/strings.
  • Odzouni (1987)
    Ondes Martenot and brass ensemble.
    Commissioned by Jean Laurendeau.
    Premiere: November 18, 1988, Salle Claude Champagne, Montréal; Jean Laurendeau.
  • Rhapsodie pour violoncello et orchestre (1985) 10 min.
    Solo violoncello/1111/0000/timpani/strings.
  • Suite concertante: Sayat Nova (1988)
    Keyboard(marimba or vibraphone or xylophone) and orchestras.
    Commissioned by Marie-Josée Simard and the orchestras of Kitchener, Edmonton and Laval.

Chamber

  • Arax (1980) 16 min.
    String quartet.
    Premiere: 1982, Radio-Canada, Montréal; Adolfo Bernstein (1st violin).
  • Dzez: à vous (1982) 5 min.
    Percussion(triangle, temple blocks, xylophone) and piano.
    Premiere: November 15, 1982, Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, on the occasion of Gilles Tremblay's 50th birthday; Louise-André Baryl, piano and Robert Leroux, percussion.
  • Funny Dialogues (1985) 5 min.
    2 violins.
  • Horovele (1979) 6 min.
    Clarinet solo.
    Premiere: 1981, Radio-Canada, Montréal; Jean-Guy Boisvert.
    Published: St-Nicolas, Qué.: Doberman, 1986.
  • Le Jeu (1985) 8 min.
    Violin, violoncello, piano.
    Premiere: 1985, Los Angeles, Summer Festival at the University of Long Beach.
  • Kour = Fleuve (1985) 23 min.
    String quartet.
    Premiere: 1986, Radio-Canada, Montréal; the quartet from I Musici de Montréal.
  • Monologue 1 (1985) 7 min.
    Viola solo.
    Published: St-Nicolas, Qué.: Doberman, 1986.
  • Monologue 2 (1985) 7 min.
    Guitar solo.
    Premiere: 1986, Radio-Canada, Montréal; Alvaro Pierri, guitar.
  • Monologue 3 (1985) 15 min.
    Percussion solo.
    Premiere: 1986, Radio-Canada, Montréal; Robert Leroux, percussion.
  • Monologue 4 (1986) 15 min.
    Violoncello solo, repetitive music.
  • Sassouni (1985) 20 min.
    2 flutists(piccolo and alto flute) and harpsichord.
    Premiere: 1986; Radio-Canada, Montréal, Robert Langevin, flute, Lise Daoust, flute and Réjean Poirier, harpsichord.

Keyboard

  • 5 danses arméniennes (1987)
    Keyboard (percussion) and piano.
  • Hour (1983) 12 min.
    Ondes Martenot and tape.
    Premiere: Nov. 18, 1988, Claude Champagne Hall, Montréal; Jean Laurendeau, Ondes Martenot.
  • Lui pour nous (1983) 7 min.
    Organ solo.
  • Monologue 5 (1986) 5 min.
    Piano solo.
  • La petite Elsie (1981) 10 min.
    Piano solo.
    Premiere: May 1, 1983, Pollack Hall, Montréal; Isabelle Manoukyan, piano.
  • Les pistes des jours (1978) 5 min.
    Piano solo.
    Premiere: 1981, Radio-Canada, Montréal; Pierre Jasmin, piano.
  • Mashtotz (1982) 11 min.
    2 pianos.
    Premiere: Sept. 15, 1982, Pollack Hall, Montréal; Pierre Jasmin and Koyen Lee, pianos.

Vocal

  • Suite vocale de 3 pièces (1981) 12 min.
    Soprano and piano.
    Premiere: 1982, Radio-Canada, Montréal; Janine Lachance, soprano and Pierre Jasmin, piano.