ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
The Second Symphony is built up in a free form based on freely connected
sections. In the first two movements the lineaments of rondo become obvious. The third
movement consists of two sections plus a conclusion. In the sense of polyphonic texture
the work is needy. Arnolds Klotinsh writes:
Obviously a certain law of stylistic development and change is functioning here: reaching a
certain limit, the psychological and aesthetical fitness relinquishes its place to another mood of
expression. At first it may seem more primitive when it promises again to diminish the eternally
renewing distance between real phenomena and their reflections in art. 1
The rational in Pärt’s symphony is interwoven with the emotional and the latter
is brought to effect through the former. In carrying it out his individuality is evident. As
a novel feature, for the first time in his symphonic output, a genuinely enriching idea
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