ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
The third image has the trappings of some common street song: the melodic
connections with the popular songs of Dunayevsky1 are obvious.
Example 225.
The treatment, especially in the first movement is displayed in the repetition of
phrases with minor alterations, a device reminiscent of the delivery of Estonian rune
song. The static first movement has been planned to show a certain spiritual state.
However, as a single movement in a symphony, it creates an overspun impression.
To realise the idea, the composer connects and confronts different images. The
sunny Allegro theme is pleasing but the banal street music intervenes and dominates
until the folk theme, as a counter-balance, enters with vigour. Such a co-existence leads
to a conflict and finally only the fading convulsive beats of the common song linger.
Every image retains its complexion to carry the image of development. Sumera applies
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