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Per Nørgård REMEMBERING CHILD (viola concerto)
The title refers to the original meaning of the word "remembering":
Making whole. The work should not be considered as a sort of requiem for
Samantha Smith - the late 13 years old fighter for nuclear disarmament -
but as an evocation of the childish, creative forces in all people,
young and old. Therefore the work applies thematic material of a certain
“dawning" quality, including two Gregorian chants, appearing intertwined
in the beginning of the 2. movement.
And therefore the work also may be considered as a tribute to the still
living child-heretics, fighting against the global lunacy of grown-up,
such as Eamon Burke, the Australian boy, continuing, independently, the
work of Samantha.
REMEMBERING CHILD was commissioned by St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. |