Träumerei (2014)
Small Dream in Red — Wassily Kandinsky
for solo violin and symphony orchestra [11’]
written for violinist Kristīne Balanas and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
instrumentation
2.2.3(III=bcl).2 / 4.3.3.0 / perc (2 players — 1: vib, mar; 2. bdm (large), crot, tom (high, med, low) / hrp / strings (10.10.8.6.4) & solo vln
details
written for violinist Kristīne Balanas and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland — first performed by Kristīne Balanas and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland with Gavin Maloney (conductor) as part of the RTÉ NSO Horizons Series 2015, on Tuesday January 20, 2015, at the National Concert Hall, Dublin and later broadcast on RTÉ Lyric fm Nova, January 25, 2015
links
rté lyric fm nova show | Kristīne Balanas, violin
audio | score
note
Träumerei is one long line of streeling lyricism for solo violin, around which a tapestry of sparse orchestral sound is spun. It’s an exploration of an inward-looking and interior space, where the solo voice leads us through a dreamscape at various times enigmatic, nightmarish, and luminous.
David Coonan, 2014