related works
Music of Joy : for orchestra / Olga Victorova
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 2trb trb-b tb 4perc hp str
Occurrence : for viola-solo / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
vla
Fantasy on the Book of Rings : for viola / Steven Hoogenberk
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
vla
Studi concertanti : per viola, 1963 / Berend Giltay
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
vla
composition
Jesus the Sweetest : for viola / Olga Victorova
Other authors:
Victorova, Olga
(Composer)
Description:
The title of the piece is related with the Orthodox prayer text, beginning with “Iisuse sladchayshiy, spasi nas greshnykh” (“Jesus the sweetest, save us sinners!”). Some sections of this piece are marked with liturgy texts which are to help to correlate the rhythm of music with the rhythmical structure of the corresponding text.
To imitate soft articulation of Orthodox prayer prosody Olga Victorova invented a unique legato method on two strings for repeating sounds. Composer’s fingering indicates the way to attain the right character.