Vera Ivanova,
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Still Images of the Restless Mind
for Chamber Orchestra (2006)
Still Images of the Restless Mind is a reflection on an emotional state of mind when the most important personal images, preserved in the memory, come to the rescue of the disturbed mind. These images have settled in the mind from the early childhood on, and the mind does not recall them in its every day life, overwhelmed by the excessive information that it has to perceive every day.
Program Notes:
Still Images of the Restless Mind is a reflection on an emotional state of mind when the
most important personal images, preserved in the memory, come to the rescue of the disturbed mind. These images have settled in the mind from the early childhood on, and
the mind does not recall them in its every day life, overwhelmed by the excessive
information that it has to perceive every day.
But suddenly, when the limit of how many
things the mind can absorb is exceeded, these images appear and seem to be disconnected
with the moment when they appear, but only on the surface. On a deeper level, they have
a peculiar associative connection, which has to be understood in order for the mind to
settle back to its normal state.
most important personal images, preserved in the memory, come to the rescue of the disturbed mind. These images have settled in the mind from the early childhood on, and
the mind does not recall them in its every day life, overwhelmed by the excessive
information that it has to perceive every day.
But suddenly, when the limit of how many
things the mind can absorb is exceeded, these images appear and seem to be disconnected
with the moment when they appear, but only on the surface. On a deeper level, they have
a peculiar associative connection, which has to be understood in order for the mind to
settle back to its normal state.
- Instrumentation
- fl. (= alto and picc.), ob. (= Engl. hrn.), 2 cl. in B flat (cl. II = Bass cl. in B-fl.), 2 bsn. (bsn. II = cbsn.), 2 hrn., 1 tpt., 2 tbn. (tbn. II = Bass trbn.), 2 perc. (crotales, marimba, vibraphone, 2 susp. cymb., 2 w.bl., 4 t.-toms, snare drum, med. gong, tam-tam, 2 bongos, 2 timbales, tub. bells, almglocken), harp., pno, vln. I, vln. II, vla, vc., cb.
- Duration
- c. 12 minutes
- Score Sample
Performances:
June 1st, 2010
Still Images of the Restless Mind, for Chamber Orchestra (2006)
Los Angeles, CA
What’s Next Festival
March 9th, 2006
Still Images of the Restless Mind, for Chamber Orchestra (2006)
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)
Eastman Composers' Sinfonietta