| Composition Year | 2024/02/29 |
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| Genre Categories | Passacaglias |
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| Work Title | Spring |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Ng, Sissel |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.85 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ISN 31 |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2024/02/29 |
| Librettist | Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) |
| Language | English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, organ |
| Extra Information | This work is resembling to the poetry "Spring" by Christina Rossetti, with much of the words used as descriptions to different section of the piece. |
Instead of providing a largely Spring-style work, in this work I decided to diminish the importance of the actual Spring element. Thus, in 11 mins, there's only 2-3 mins that's really "Spring" (corresponding to second stanza of the poem). The work itself shows how Spring is started, flourished, and how Spring is died.
I deliberately chose 2 existing themes for this work: opening ofJoachim Raff's Symphony No.8 ("Spring Sounds"), which corresponds to what before the Spring, and Carl Reinecke's Violin Concerto in G major, which do the opposite.
This is actually a Passacaglia, but using such form, time signature and lengthy bassline. This creates a unique mood that I enjoy providing everyone with.
