Christian themes in the works of Yuri Ischenko

Abstract

Purpose of the article is to study Christian motives and themes in the works ofcontemporary Ukrainian composer Yuriy Ishchenko. The basis of the research methodology is theintegrated approach, historical-biographical, analytical method, which make it possible todetermine the main stages of artistic formation of the composer. A scientific novelty. For the firsttime, the formation and development of Christian themes at different stages of the creative way ofYuriy Ishchenko was analyzed. Conclusions. Christian ideas, gradually emerging in the work ofYuriy Ishchenko in the 1970s, gradually reach their heights since the 2000s. The religious tradition,concentrated in moral ideas, is an imaginative area of the works of the author, acts as a valuableimpulse that brings down artistic author's search for an understanding of the spiritual and aestheticvalues of the Orthodox tradition and Ukrainian culture. The ideas of repentance, crying, silence,silence, prayer, Favorsky light, transfiguration, panegyric, praiseful motives become the mainstylistic and cognitive constants in choral, chamber-instrumental and symphonic compositions bythe composer of a mature period of creativity.Key words: creativity of composer Yuriy Ishchenko, Christian themes, psalms, symphonicmysteries