related works
Pomogi mne, Bozhe Gospodi! : for soprano solo and choir a cappella / Olga Victorova
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
sopr GK4
Three sad dances : for two violas, 1954 / Rob du Bois
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
2vla
24 etudes : for viola solo, 1996 / Wim Dirriwachter
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola
Scoring:
vla
White Night : for viola / Katia Tiutiunnik
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.