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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

The title of this ritualistic and mystical work means the bird crane and refers to a constellation with the same name. The constellation Grus glitters 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

© 2007-2026 Edition Troy & Tomi Räisänen

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