Kammala wannan jumla: A 1974, a karkashin matsin lamba don daidaitawa da ka'idodin hukuma na zamantakewar zamantakewa da kuma zamani na zamani, kuma don neman gafara don ya fita daga taron masu tsarawa don nuna rashin amincewa da
A lokacin da Soviet Union ta mamaye Czechoslovakia, Silvestrov ya zaɓi ya janye daga hasken rana. A wannan lokacin ya fara watsi da salon sa na zamani. Maimakon haka, ya rubuta "Waƙoƙi masu nutsuwa (Тихі Пісні" (1977)) wani zagaye da aka yi niyya a buga shi a ɓoye. Daga baya, bayan faduwar Tarayyar Soviet, ya kuma fara rubuta waƙoƙin ruhaniya da na addini waɗanda salon waƙoƙin liturgical Orthodox na Rasha da Ukraine ya rinjayi su. Silvestrov ya gano yadda ya ƙi yarda da avant-garde har zuwa lokacin da yake a Cibiyar Nazarin Kyiv. Lokacin da aka gabatar da daya daga cikin ayyukansa masu tsattsauran ra'ayi Lyatoshynsky ya tambaye shi: "Shin kuna son wannan?", Kuma yayin da ya amsa da tabbaci "wannan tambayar ta zama mai tushe a cikin raina".