"inwardness" - 1 õppematerjal

ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.

In his Violin Concerto (1999), a shift towards extensive cantabile can be heard in the second and third movements. Tüür customarily cuts such lines short, inserting something different. Shadows of Pärt (Tabula rasa, first movement) and Rääts (Concerto No.1 for Chamber Orchestra, first movement) are quite noticeable in the outer movements of the Violin Concerto. Taking a broader look at Tüür’s creative output, the Estonian musicologist Evi Arujärv asserts: Inwardness, some closeness is characteristic to the works of Tüür. Nothing of sensuous playfulness, the relishing of loveliness. And then intellectual play only, creation of “organised structures”. Perhaps, aiming at rationality… And the place of action, quite metaphysical space…2 The music of Tüür is on the one hand quite understandable, but there are also elements confronting each other and their interrelation cannot be understood without further exploration. 3