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Iceberg Symphony (2000)

from Vortex by Raminta Šerkšnytė

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'Iceberg Symphony' for symphony orchestra (2000)

It was the composer's Master's diploma work, the image of which has developed in her mind since the beginning of studies. It is also the first work in the series of 'Mountain' trilogy. Form-wise, it is based on the alternation of contrasting sections (which is not often used in her later works) and a sort of leitmotif system. Certain motifs reoccur in a different harmonic context each time, while the opening figurations of a minor third are reminiscent of the opening theme in 'De profundis'. The image of a brilliant white crown of an iceberg, plunging into a boundless ocean, encircled by underwater currents was that idea which often flashed across the composer's mind. She 'paints' this image by using multi-layered textures, sparkling colours of instruments and interchange of dynamic spaces and perspectives. Naturally crystallising neo-tonal 'icebergs' of triads and seventh chords, the mutual attraction and repulsion between the major and the minor harmonies move the orchestral whirlpools and lead to a massive climax in the recapitulation, in which the scene suddenly becomes transparent enough to see what has been hidden 'under water’...

Linas Paulauskis

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from Vortex, released December 31, 2007
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Robertas Šervenikas
Recording engineer - Romualdas Fedaravičius
Assistant engineer - Rimantas Pupeikis

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