VORTEX/ SŪKURYS

VORTEX/ SŪKURYS for violin and large ensemble (2004)

Raminta Šerkšnytė Vortex/ Sūkurys. Irvine Arditti (violin), Gaida Ensemble, conductor Vykintas Baltakas

YEAR OF COMPOSITION: 2004

INSTRUMENTATION: violin solo (vn solo) and large ensemble (fl-ob-cl-ssax-hn-tp-tb-tu-perc-pf-2vn-va-vc-db)

DURATION: ca.10′

COMMISSIONED by the Gaida Festival (Lithuania)

PREMIERE: Irvine Arditti, Gaida Ensemble, conductor Vykintas Baltakas

Rotholz, Austria, 11 September 2004, Klangspuren Festival

NOMINATION: Gaudeamus International Composers Award 2005

HONOURABLE MENTION: the 52nd International Rostrum of Composers in Vienna, 2005 (listed among top three the highest scoring recommended compositions both in youth and general categories)

COPYRIGHT: Raminta Šerkšnytė

SCORE (manuscript): please contact raminta.serksnyte@gmail.com

PERFORMING RIGHTS: please contact Mr. Stefan Fragner:  fragner@rbartists.at

RELEASE:

CD Raminta Šerkšnytė – Vortex – LMIPC CD049, 2007 De profundis, Mountains in the Mist, Oriental Elegy, Vortex, Iceberg Symphony