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De profundis (1998)

from Vortex by Raminta Šerkšnytė

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'De profundis' for string orchestra (1998)

Written as a Bachelor's diploma work, this composition testified to the young composer's excellent orchestral writing skills. In this early work, Raminta Šerkšnytė's aim was to display a wide range of sound production possibilities in various orchestral textures, such as thick harmonies and multiple divisi of strings, which alternates, time and again, with four-voice counterpoint or unisonous lines, while the lea-ding role is given to each time different group of instruments. All this variety is nonetheless derived from some basic constructive principles — above all, from the composer's favourite scale (which also appears in many of her later works), composed of minor thirds and minor seconds, which expands remarkably the range of harmonic possibilities (such as various symmetrical divisions of the scale, incorporation of all 12 tones of the chromatic scale, and simultaneous combination of major and minor harmonies). Especially noteworthy is the unusual treatment of the central climax: the increasingly faster and louder movement is followed with silence, which becomes more important than the sound — as if alluding to the transience of human existence. 'De profundis' - a cry from the depths — is all that remains.

Linas Paulauskis

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from Vortex, released December 31, 2007
St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Conductor - Donatas Katkus

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