Piano
SKU:
FG.55011-630-6
Composed by Erkki
Melartin. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-630-6. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-630-6).
ISBN
9790550116306.
Erkk
i Melartin's six-movement
Per speculum in enigmatae
suite op. 93 for piano is
published for the first
time. The Latin title of
the suite means Through a
glass, darkly. Melartin
probably compiled it from
non-related pieces
composed at different
times. The biblical
heading maybe has a
spiritual rather than a
religious connotation,
though some of the
movements - and the title
- are programmatic. The
first movement,
Katedralen (The
Cathedral), was possibly
inspired by the
architecture of Bruges
(Brugge). The second
movement, Die andere
Seite (The Other Side)
has expressionistic
features, and possibly
reflects the influence of
Scriabin. In the third
movement, Dunkle Traume
(Dark Dreams), the
chorale-like motifs in
the left hand strive
upwards, but always fall
back again. Movement
four, Schwester Namenlos
(Sister Nameless is a
short cameo in 5/4 time.
Erinnerung is a
Late-Romantic mood piece
with unconventional
phrasings. Melartin later
expanded the early
version of late 1913 with
the closing
Weihnachtsglocken
(Christmas Bells).