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
REVIEWS:
SERKSNYTE Orchestral and Choral Works
Richard Whitehouse | Gramophone Vol.97, No.1184 | Feb 2020
Claire Jackson | BBC Music Magazine | 23 Jan 2020
Gidon Kremer und Komponistin Raminta Serksnyte in München
Helmut Mauró | Süddeutche Zeitung | 23 Jan 2009
‘De Profundis’ in de muziek: 10 opmerkelijke composities
Piet De Loof| Kerknet | 23 Nov 2019
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Daniel Cohen
Helsingborg Konserthus, Helsingborg (SE)
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)
19 Apr, 20 Apr, 21 Apr, 2023, 8:15 p.m.
The Royal Concertgebow Orchestra, cond. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
The Concertgebow, Amsterdam (NL)