Erkki-Sven Tüür – Architectonics VI
Architectonics VI for chamber orchestra (1992)
Sixth composition in the series of chamber music pieces by the contemporary Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür.
Tüür uses in his work a broad spectrum of compositional techniques. He has been interested in Gregorian chant and minimalism, linear polyphony and microtonality, twelve-tone music and sound-field technique. To describe his attempt to contrast and combine musical opposites — tonality versus atonality, regular repetitive rhythms versus irregular complex rhythms, tranquil meditativeness versus explosive theatrically — the composer has used the term « metalanguage ». The work « Architectonics VI » (1992) is one of the most representative examples of this method.
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