MOVEMENT AFTER DIONYZ D.    Op. 22

 

     Composer BETKO Milos

COMPOSITIONS - MOVEMENT AFTER DIONYZ D.

 

  

  

Lyricist CIRCLE Peter

  

 

  

Original Title Pohyb podla Dionyza D.

  

Subtitle a slide for symphonic orchestra and tape ad libitum

  

Genre modern classical concert music

  

  

Instrumentation 3 Flutes (3rd changes Piccolo), 3 Oboes, 4 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons,

  

2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 2 Trombones,
Timpani, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Piano,
Bass Drum, Cymbals, Triangle, Tubular Bells,
"Siren" (tape or Orchestral Siren),
"Train" (tape or Marimba + Side Drum + 2 Congas or 2 Bongos + Maracas),
14 Violins I, 12 Violins II, 10 Violas, 8 Violoncellos, 6 Double Basses
Duration 16 minutes
Year of Composition 1988

  

Copyright © Milos Betko (SOZA), Bratislava, Slovakia

  

Premiere STANKOVSKY Robert - Conductor

  

SLOVAK RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

  

Bratislava, Slovakia, 1999

  

 


Program note

There's at least a theoretical chance that almost all snow will melt and the crystals of ice will form a heavy and wet texture, which will inevitably collapse and fall straight down.
It might stop at the massive pine trunks, which thick needles puncture everything up to the first houses.
We hear music, any music, coming from the houses, entering also the carriages of a bypassing train, but not only is it settling in, it also jumps out at places onto the fragile ice.
It probably is not aware of the voices of screwed up people and of their ringing.
Although it stops in anticipation, the lake keeps on evaluating its weight, but luckily, it is not heavy, it is easy listening.
At the last moment it reaches the opposite side of the lake and disappears in the skyline of the blue mountains, even if this idyll is furthermore disturbed by those entangled branches.
Do they not see the airless stain?

 


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