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Omega

for viola and orchestra
viola and orchestra
Edition: Performance material

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Description

Omega is not only the last letter in the Greek alphabet – it also means ‘the end’. Five notes descend from the top to the bottom, one note at a time, in a similarly cascading rhythm of 5-4-3-2-1. The repetitions aim towards the end of the music, which ends as soon as the repetitions are to begin again. The music is a sort of countdown that always has an end – but what remains after that? At times, the solo viola resists this fateful count and drives fresh blood through the work like an aorta, then disappears leaving remnants of itself in the wake. Atsuhiko Gondai

Orchestral Cast

2(1.pic, 2.pic,afl).2.2(2.bcl).2(2.dbsn)-4.2.0.2ttbn.1btbn.0-4perc(I: sus.cym[mid], tri, tub bells, tam-t[L]; II: glsp, vib, bng; IV: anti.cym, cong[S, M, L], steel drum, wind chimes; IV: b.d, tri, tub bells)-hp-str(14.12.10.8.6)

More Information

Title:
Omega
for viola and orchestra
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2016
Duration:
25 ′
World Premiere:
February 26, 2017 · Sochi (RUS)
Winter Theatre
Sochi Winter Festival of Arts 2017
Yuri Bashmet, viola · Conductor: Claudio Vandelli · Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Sochi Winter Festival of Arts

Technical Details

Product number:
LSJ 4673-01
Delivery rights:
Worldwide

Performances

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  • Omega
    Sochi Winter Festival of Arts 2017
    Conductor: Claudio Vandelli
    Orchestra: Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia
    February 26, 2017 | Sochi (Russia) , Winter Theatre — World Premiere
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