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Three Arias
Sung Out The Window Facing Mount Ararat
Concerto for viola and orchestra
viola and orchestra
Edition: Performance material
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The title Three Arias was chosen by Tigran Mansurian to emphasize the vocal character of the viola’s solo part. In fact, he had started working on this composition with vocal sketches.
The melody as a bearer of moods and emotions is central. However, various formal aspects of the classical instrumental concerto (such as three-movement form, cadence, reprise, chaconne or rondo form) cannot be denied.
The basic mood in Three Arias is full of grief and longing, the longing referring to the ancient Armenian sites which are now on the other side of the border on Turkish territory – the mountains of Sassoun (Sason) and the ruins of Ani. Here more than thousand-year-old churches testify the glory of the ancient capital of Armenia, once the most splendid in the world and now abandoned for centuries.
A visible symbol (from today’s Armenia) for the loss and the unattainability is the holy Mount Ararat – hence the subtitle Sung Out the Window Facing Mount Ararat. About the third movement, the third aria, Mansurian says that ‘the orchestral colours reflect, as it were, the ornaments of the architectural monuments.’
The melody as a bearer of moods and emotions is central. However, various formal aspects of the classical instrumental concerto (such as three-movement form, cadence, reprise, chaconne or rondo form) cannot be denied.
The basic mood in Three Arias is full of grief and longing, the longing referring to the ancient Armenian sites which are now on the other side of the border on Turkish territory – the mountains of Sassoun (Sason) and the ruins of Ani. Here more than thousand-year-old churches testify the glory of the ancient capital of Armenia, once the most splendid in the world and now abandoned for centuries.
A visible symbol (from today’s Armenia) for the loss and the unattainability is the holy Mount Ararat – hence the subtitle Sung Out the Window Facing Mount Ararat. About the third movement, the third aria, Mansurian says that ‘the orchestral colours reflect, as it were, the ornaments of the architectural monuments.’
Orchestral Cast
2 · 2 · 2 · (2. auch Bassklar.) · 2 - 2 · 2 · 2 · 0 - P. S. (Glsp., Vibr., Marimba, Röhrengl., 5 Tomt., 3 Gongs) - Hfe. · Klav. - Str.
Content
I Andante, ma non troppo
II Tranquillo, poco libero
III Lento, ma non troppo
II Tranquillo, poco libero
III Lento, ma non troppo
More Information
Title:
Three Arias
Sung Out The Window Facing Mount Ararat
Concerto for viola and orchestra
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Belaieff Musikverlag
Year of composition:
2008
Duration:
20 ′
World Premiere:
May 2008 · Boston, MA (USA)
Jordan Hall
Kim Kashkashian, viola · Conductor: Gil Rose · Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Jordan Hall
Kim Kashkashian, viola · Conductor: Gil Rose · Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Kim Kashkashian and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (cond. Gil Rose)
Technical Details
Product number:
LBEL 1434-01
Delivery rights:
Worldwide
Performances
Three Arias
Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto
Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria Mexico City
August 23, 2015 |
Mexico City (Mexico) , Sala Nezahualcóyotl
Three Arias
Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto
Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria Mexico City
August 22, 2015 |
Mexico City (Mexico) , Sala Nezahualcóyotl
Three Arias
Conductor: Gil Rose
Orchestra: Boston Modern Orchestra Project
May 2008 |
Boston, MA (United States of America) , Jordan Hall — World Premiere
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