Stille Musik

Composer: SILVESTROV, Valentin
  • Silvestrov composed Stille Musik in 2002. The title means “Silent Music.” The work is scored for string orchestra.1
  • Silvestrov dedicated this piece to Manfred Eicher, founder of ECM Records.2
  • This piece’s first movement premiered in Kiev on Sept. 18, 2002 by the Kiev Camerata. The second and third movements premiered in Kiev on October 2, 2002. Valerij Matjuchin conducted both performances.3

Movements 

  1. Waltz of the Moment (Waltzer des Augenblick) 
  2. Evening Serenade (Abendserenade) 
  3. Moments of the Serenade (Augenblick der Serenade)4

Sources

  1. “Silent Music for String Orchestra,” Schott, accessed April 6, 2022, https://en.schott-music.com/shop/stille-musik-no227680.html. 
  2. Valentin Silvestrov, Stille Musik für Streichorchester (Frankfurt: M.P. Belaieff, 2004), 1.
  3. Ibid., i.
  4. Ibid.

Cut IDs

30040