Péter Eötvös
Seven
(Memorial for the Columbia Astronauts)
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Péter Eötvös
Seven
(Memorial for the Columbia Astronauts)
- Instrumentation Violin and Piano
- Composer Péter Eötvös
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Piano reduction with part(s)
- Publisher Schott Musik
- Order no. ED20258
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Description:
Eötvös wrote this piece in memory of the seven astronauts who lost their lives in the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy in 2003. The number 7 determines the musical, rhythmic and formal structure of the work: 49 musicians are divided into seven groups, and as well as the solo violin there are six further violins arranged correspondingly around the hall; and the solo violin itself portrays each of the astronauts and their different origin, from America via Israel to India, in folkloristically tinged cadenzas.'The violin concerto Seven is a very personal monologue and the musical expression of my sympathy towards the seven astronauts who lost their lives while exploring space in fulfilment of a fundamental dream of mankind.' (Peter Eötvös)