On radu, mis juhivad läbi varjude (2021)

Commissioned by Estonian Music Days / Baltic Music Days Festival

Category

Ensemble

​Sub category

Large Ensemble

Composed

2021

Duration

8 minutes

Orchestration

flute, clarinet, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello

Availability

Hire

First performed

April 26, 2021, Vilnius, Composers’ House, Estonian Music Days & Baltic Music Days, Ensemble Synaesthesis, conductor Karolis Variakojis
Watch from EMP TV (strats from 5:20):
https://www.eestimuusikapaevad.ee/en/event/synaesthesis-lithuania/tv/​

Program notes:
The piece is inspired by a poem by Estonian writer Doris Kareva and it is translated in Englis as follows:

Bitter and scarce is the northern light.
The sledge here is drawn by heavy shadows,
the owls and wolves keep watch.
A word crunches between the teeth.
 /…/
What I’m talking about, is
the dance of the dust mote
in the immeasurable sun.