Description

• Composer: Tigran Mansurian (1937-)
• Format: Performance Score
• Instrumentation (this edition): Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
• Originally for: Viola, Soprano Saxophone
• Work: Lachrymae
• Binding:
• ISMN: 9790203005650
• Size: 9.1 x 11.9 inches
• Pages: 8

Description

The work was composed in 1999 when a close member of composer’s family fell seriously ill. The ode of lamentation is assigned to the two instruments in such a way that they play singly in swift succession, frequently in unison, and then together as in a contrapuntal duet… The sound emanates from two sources, the tone colors of which are complementary and do not form a contrast. The vibrations are strictly synchronized, so that the intoned lamentation seems to come from a single source. This determines the rich simplicity of Tigran Mansurian’s music. (Hanspeter Krellmann)