ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
transformed images of the main theme and from their interwoven polyphonic texture.
The silent meditation at the beginning of the second movement is created by the
bass string instruments. Its grieving seriousness grows into an animated confession:
Example 169.
The main theme in augmentation emerges with the celesta: it sounds like serene
memory. The composer resumes the second movement with the main theme,
emphasising the dark thought, lonely kettledrum plays. In the given context, it is a
gloomy premonition, like a fatal shadow on the bright strivings of a human being.
The third movement is based on two contrasting images likewise derived from
the main theme. The first is a short phrase uttered calmly by the strings:
Example 170.
The next phrase from the woodwinds may be characterised as restless and
contrasting. It complements the previous and shapes an image Pärt will use later:
Example 171.
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