(1990; 1st work from the 1990–95 four-part cycle A Life without Christmas) Midday Prayers for soprano, clarinet and chamber orchestra (1990; 2nd work from the cycle A Life without Christmas) Night Prayers for string quartet (1992–1995; 4th work from the cycle A Life without Christmas) Caris Mere (After the wind) for soprano and viola (1994) Magnum Ignotum for wind ensemble and tape (1994) Valse Boston for piano and strings (1996) Instead of a Tango for violin, bandoneon, piano and double bass (1996) Time... and Again (1996) In L'Istesso Tempo for piano quartet (1997) Sio for strings, piano and percussion (1998) Ninna Nanna for flute and string quartet (2008), commissioned by the National Flute Association Chiaroscuro for string quartet (2011) Woodwind Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (2013) Choral/opera Music for the living, opera in two acts (1982–1984) Light Sorrow, music for orchestra, boys' choir and two boy sopranos (for the 40th anniversary of the victory over fascism) (1984) Evening Prayers, for eight alto voices and chamber orchestra (1991; 3rd work from the 1990–95 four-part cycle A Life without Christmas) Psalm 23, for soprano and chamber orchestra (1993) Lament, concerto for violin, soprano and orchestra (1994) Diplipito, for cello, counter-tenor and chamber orchestra (1997) And Farewell Goes Out Sighing... for violin, countertenor and orchestra (1999) Styx, for viola, mixed choir and orchestra (1999) Little Imber (Kancheli), for solo voice, children's and men's choirs and small ensemble (2003) Amao Omi, for SATB choir and saxophone quartet (2005) Lulling the Sun, for six-part mixed choir and percussion (2008) "Dixi", for mixed choir and orchestra (2009) References Sources Kennedy, Michael (2006), The Oxford Dictionary of Music, 985 pages, External links List of works Entry at The Living Composers Project Music under Soviet Rule, by Ian McDonald Kancheli at Schirmer The Space of Absence in the Music of Giya Kancheli, by Dylan Trigg Giya Kancheli and the Aesthetics of Nostalgia, by Dylan Trigg Kancheli at ECM Records Lulling the Sun, performed by the Shchedryk Children's Choir, Kiev (Marianna Sablina, director); via Deutsche Welle Radio, 26 September 2010 Interviews Giya Kancheli interview, 27 February 1995 1935 births 2019 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century male musicians 21st-century classical composers 21st-century male musicians Burials at Didube Pantheon Classical composers from Georgia (country) Male film score composers Male opera composers Musicians from Tbilisi Opera composers from Georgia (country) Soviet classical composers Soviet film score composers Soviet male classical