related works
Sutartines : for violin solo and string orchestra / Olga Victorova
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and string orchestra
Scoring:
vn-solo str
Musica per viola sola : opus 41, 1974 / Hendrik de Regt
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
vla
Three sad dances : for two violas, 1954 / Rob du Bois
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
2vla
The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet : for viola / Robert Groslot
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
vla-solo
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.