SONGS OF SUNSET AND DAWN/ SAULĖLYDŽIO IR AUŠROS GIESMĖS
Cantata-oratorio for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, mixed choir, symphony orchestra and optional video projection (2007)
I. Day. Evening/ Diena. Vakaras
II. Night/ Naktis
Introduction/ Introdukcija
III. Morning. Eternal Morning/ Rytas. Amžinasis rytas
“Šerkšnytė’s blend of past evocations and future imaginings combined to present something intoxicatingly heartfelt.”
Simon Cummings, Bachtrack
YEAR OF COMPOSITION: 2007
INSTRUMENTATION: S-Mez-T-B-satb-2222-4221-5perc-hrp-cel-pf-str[10.8.6.6.4]
DURATION: ca.30′
GENRE: cantata-oratorio
TEXT: Rabindranath Tagore
LANGUAGE: Lithuanian, translated by Vytautas Nistelis and Alfonsas Šešplaukis-Tyruolis
COMMISSIONED by the Vilnius Festival (Lithuania)
COPYRIGHT: Raminta Šerkšnytė
SCORE (manuscript): please contact raminta.serksnyte@gmail.com
PERFORMING RIGHTS: please contact Mr. Stefan Fragner: fragner@rbartists.at
RELEASE:
CD +DVD Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla – Going for the Impossible –A Portrait.
Works by Raminta Šerkšnytė – Deutsche Grammophon 00289 483 7761, 2019
Midsummer Song, De profundis, Songs of Sunset and Dawn (Disk#1)
REVIEWS:
SERKSNYTE Orchestral and Choral Works
Richard Whitehouse | Gramophone Vol.97, No.1184 | Feb 2020
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Claire Jackson | BBC Music Magazine | 23 Jan 2020
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Šerkšnytė’s Songs of Sunset and Dawn intoxicates at the Baltic Sea Festival
Simon Cummings | Bachtrack | 3 Sep 2018
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Raminta Šerkšnytė: Songs of Sunset and Dawn
Linas Paulauskis | Lithuanian Music Link No.14 | Apr- Sept 2007