DE PROFUNDIS for string orchestra (1998)
Raminta Šerkšnytė’s ‘De profundis’ is the calling card of Baltic music.
Gidon Kremer, violinist
PROGRAMME NOTE:
This dramatic music, full of contrasts, reflects a certain world-view of a young person (this is my the first orchestral composition, which was written as the Bachelor’s graduation work). At a young age the life is admitted in an extreme, “severe” way, where euphoria quickly changes to disappointment. One searches for the extraordinary, transcendental experience both in life as well as in art, believing in the profound power of the art sacredness. Therefore the opus was named “from the depths” (Latin –“de profundis”), though making no reckoning of the historical “De profundis” tradition.
Raminta Šerkšnytė
YEAR OF COMPOSITION: 1998
INSTRUMENTATION:
string orchestra: 6.5.4.3.2 (possible to perform by larger string sections)
DURATION: ca. 13′
COPYRIGHT: Raminta Šerkšnytė
SCORE (manuscript): please contact raminta.serksnyte@gmail.com
PERFORMING RIGHTS: please contact Mr. Stefan Fragner: fragner@rbartists.at
RELEASES:
CD Gidon Kremer – De Profundis. Nonesuch 287228-2, 2010
CD Vortex. Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre LMIPCCD049, 2007
BROADCASTS:
Royal Concertgebouw, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Gabriela Montero: Šerkšnytė, Tchaikovsky, Weinberg
Mezzo Live TV | Classical | 2023-04-29&30| 2023-05-04&05&10&14&19&20&25&26&27&29 | 1:01:42 Min
REVIEWS:
Jay Nordlinger | The New Criterion Vol. 42, No.4 | Dec 2023
SERKSNYTE Orchestral and Choral Works
Richard Whitehouse | Gramophone Vol.97, No.1184 | Feb 2020
Claire Jackson | BBC Music Magazine | 23 Jan 2020
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Gidon Kremer und Komponistin Raminta Serksnyte in München
Helmut Mauró | Süddeutche Zeitung | 23 Jan 2009
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‘De Profundis’ in de muziek: 10 opmerkelijke composities
Piet De Loof| Kerknet | 23 Nov 2019
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een relaxte Tsjaikovski en overrompelende Weinberg bij het Concertgebouworkest
Frederike Berntsen | Het Parool | 24 Apr 2023
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FACTS:
De profundis for string orchestra (1998) is the first orchestral composition (written as the Bachelor’s graduation work) of Raminta Šerkšnytė, composed when she was just twenty-two years of age.
It is one of the most popular and performed Lithuanian compositions across the world. Till now this composition was performed more than 300 times by more than 70 orchestras. Among the performers: Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra, the New york Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, st. Christopher Chamber Orchestra and numerous other.
Maestro Gidon Kremer described De profundis as “the calling card of Baltic music”.
RECENT PERFORMANCES:
Staatskapelle Berlin
Cond. Giedrė Šlekytė
Staatsoper Berlin, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin (DE)
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Wed -Sat 11&12&13&14 Oct 2023 | 8:00 p.m.
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Cond. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
New York, NY (US)
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Wed -Fri 19 Apr, 20 Apr, 21 Apr 2023 | 8:15 p.m.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,
Cond. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (NL)
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St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra,
Cond. Modestas Barkauskas
Town Hall, Vilnius (LT)
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02 Dec 2022 | 7:00 p.m.|& 03 Dec 2022 | 8:00 p.m.
The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra,
Cond. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Isarphilharmonie, Munich (DE)
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The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra,
Cond. Daniel Cohen
Helsingborg Konserthus, Helsingborg (SE)