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Grus

(2008)

  • Cello, Accordion, Tape

  • Duration 12:30 min.

  • Commissioned by Duo AZAK with funds from the Arts Council of Finland. Dedicated to Andrea Carola Kiefer

  • First performance on November 6, 2008, in Würzburg, Germany by Anikó Zeke, cello and Andrea Carola Kiefer, accordion


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Recording on the album:

Sauna, Ensemble Works

EDTCD 005 (2016)

Daniel Sorour, cello, Felix Kroll, accordion





The title of this ritualistic and mystical work means the bird crane and refers to a constellation with the same name. The constellation Grusglitters in the skies of the southern hemisphere. In ancient Egypt, the crane was a symbol of celestial observation. If one looks up into the sky on a starry night, it’s easy to understand why those ancient stargazers connected so many mythological stories to the constellations. TR, 2008

Tomi Raisanen, composer

© 2007-2025 Edition Troy & Tomi Räisänen

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