Victoria Borisova-Ollas (1969-)

Symphony No. 2 'Labyrinths of Time'

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  • Year of composition: 2016
  • Work category: Symphony
  • First performed: 20 September, 2017, Göteborgs konserthus, Göteborg [Gothenburg Concert Hall, Gothenburg], Sweden, Göteborgs Symfoniker [Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra], Conductor Andrey Boreyko
  • Duration: 30 min

Instrumentation

3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(3), hp, pno, str

Location for score and part material

Universal Edition (see below)

Description of work

Symphony No. 2 “Labyrinths of Time” was written between 2015 and 2016. It was commissioned by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In this work, the composer posed the question: 'How does the mechanism which controls our ability to remember the past work?', answering:
'My own solution to this mystery is a combination of three keywords: time, pulse, and memory.'

Links

Study score can be found at Universal Edition