Elegia
Description
The main feature in Elegy is translucent, calm and sensitive longing. The lonely piano chords are like twinkling stars in a winter night. In their melodical line they seem to be asking questions, which are answered by cello, from a great depth and height, firmly and silently.
The middle phrase of the composition — the structure is formed by A—B—A — has a gentle breeze of taming aggressions, a blow of virtuosity. The composition is ended as beautifully as it started, with a dialogue between the upper melodic part and the lower tones of the cello, with quietness.
1994
Instrumentation
vlc, pno
CategoryChamber Works, Pedagogical Works
Opus no.op.22
Premiere
Juvenalia Chamber Music Competition, Espoo, March 24-25, 1984.
Commisioned by / dedicationsCommissioned by the Juvenalia Chamber Music Competition.
PDF for promotional useArchive number
MF7451
