Viola and Orchestra
SKU: BT.WH32021
Composed by Per
Nørgård. Classical.
Score Only. Composed
2017. 58 pages. Edition
Wilhelm Hansen #WH32021.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(BT.WH32021).
English.
This is
the 2013 version (reduced
strings) of Per
Nørgård's
Remembering Child - Viola
concerto No. 1 (1986) -
Two Movements for Viola
Solo (or Cello solo) and
Chamber Orchestra.
Programme Note: 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 workalso 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. REMBERING
CHILD was commissioned by
St. Paul Chamber Ochestra
and dedicated to Pincas
Zuckerman, soloist at the
premiere performance
(Sept. 12, 1986). Per
Nørgård.
