ALMOND BLOSSOM/ MIGDOLŲ ŽYDĖJIMAS for flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, violin, violoncello, guitar, piano and percussion (2006)|
version for flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, violin, viola, violoncello, piano and percussion (2006)
I. First Rays of Sun in the Early Spring/ Pirmieji ankstyvojo pavasario spinduliai
II. The Feeling of the Last Spring/ Paskutinio pavasario nuojauta
III. Almond Blossom/ Migdolų žydėjimas
PROGRAMME NOTE:
One of the last paintings by Vincent van Gogh – Almond Blossom – was the direct inspiration for this piece. Though most of his paintings are of dark, gloomy mood, Almond Blossom is distinguished by its incredibly light impressionist colours and subtle Oriental flavour.
My piece is also based on hearing music ‘in colours,’ trying to achieve the ‘chords’ of ‘light’ and ‘dark,’ ‘warm’ and ‘cold,’ balancing between simplicity, clarity of Oriental music and Occidental concert music tradition.
Raminta Šerkšnytė
YEAR OF COMPOSITION: 2006
INSTRUMENTATION: flute, oboe, clarinet (in B flat/Bass Clarinet), trumpet, violin, violoncello, guitar, piano and percussion
version for flute, oboe, clarinet (in B flat/ Bass Clarinet), trumpet, violin, viola, violoncello, piano and percussion
DURATION: ca. 14′
COMMISSIONED by the New Music Concerts (Canada)
PREMIERE: New Music Concerts Ensemble, artistic director and conductor Robert Aitken
Glenn Gould studio, Toronto, Canada, 30 April 2006
AWARD: Prize for the best chamber work of the year 2006 at the competition, organized by the Lithuanian Composers’ Union (Lithuania)
COPYRIGHT: Raminta Šerkšnytė
SCORE (manuscript): please contact raminta.serksnyte@gmail.com
PERFORMING RIGHTS: please contact Mr. Stefan Fragner: fragner@rbartists.at