Religious theme in the cantata-oratorio works of Viktor Ulyanich

The work of Viktor Ulyanich is multifaceted and varied. A special place in the composer's work is occupied by cantata-oratorio works. The article is devoted to the religious theme in Viktor Ulyanich's choral works, revealing their figurative and thematic content, genre and stylistic features. Victor Ulyanich in his works refers to the poetic work of Russian classics - A.S. Pushkin, M.I. Lermontov, F.I. Tyutcheva, A.S. Khomyakova, Ya.P. Polonsky, uses folklore and Church Slavonic liturgical texts. In his works, the composer touches on eternal themes, he mainly refers to religious and lyric-philosophical poems about self-knowledge, about the creation of space and nature, about divine destiny. As a material for the analysis, the cantata "Guiding Ligthouse" the lyrics by Archimandrite Vitaly (Sidorenko) was used. Works for the choir a capella - "Two choirs to the lyrics by F. Tyutchev", "Choral diptych" to the lyrics by V. Lazarev and "Three spiritual chants" to the canonical texts.General conclusion: The religious theme in the work of Viktor Ulyanich acquires a new, individual sound. The composer's innovative musical language is closely connected with the traditions of choral writing and incorporates the characteristic features of the spiritual works of Russian composers of the 19th-20th centuries.