Victoria Borisova-Ollas
Symphony No. 1
Short instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(3), hp, pno, str
Duration: 30'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
3rd flute (+picc)
1st oboe
2nd oboe
3rd oboe (+c.a)
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
bass clarinet in Bb (+cl(Bb)
cl(Eb))
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
3rd bassoon (+cbsn)
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in C
3rd trumpet in C
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
contrabass tuba
timpani
1st percussion
2nd percussion
3rd percussion
harp
piano (+cel)
violin I
violin II
violin III
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Borisova-Ollas - Symphony No. 1 for orchestra
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Victoria Borisova-Ollas
Borisova-Ollas: Symphony No. 1Orchestration: für Orchester
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Victoria Borisova-Ollas
Borisova-Ollas: Symphony No. 1Orchestration: für Orchester
Type: Studienpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
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If you think that, as a form, the three-movement symphony has had its day, then you haven’t yet heard the Symphony No. 1 of Victoria Borisova-Ollas. A ‘gorgeously orchestrated work of great power and poetry’, it bears the subtitle The Triumph of Heaven, referring to a 1907 painting by Russian artist Kazmir Malevich. The symphony – each movement of which is ten minutes long – was composed in 2001 for the Malmö SO. The opening conveys an impression of the threatening skies looming over St Petersburg in the early twentieth century – a century that brought so much suffering to humanity. This first movement is characterised by a blind pursuit of the Zeitgeist and the desperate struggle to survive. The second is dedicated to silent mourning, and the third takes the listener back to the erratic twentieth century. A symphonic experience.