- Year of composition: 2000 / 2005
- Work category: Violin solo
- Dedication: Annika Gustafsson
- First performed: Original version, 1 December 2000
Caroli Church, Malmö, Sweden
Annika Gustafsson, violin - Duration: 9 min
Instrumentation
Solo violin
Location for score and part material
Gehrmans Musikförlag
Description of work
Work for Solo violin.
Links
https://www.benjaminstaern.se/?page_id=8307
Work comment
In The Lonely One, a single violin becomes a storyteller. Written after the orchestral work The Threat of War, it turns towards an intimate drama shaped by melody, rhythm and harmony. Sighing glissandi lead from searching uncertainty to sharper, more determined gestures. A mysterious central section builds towards a high D before the music returns, transformed, to its opening material and gradually fades away.
Recording: Dr Caligari, C-Y contemporary, 2007. Björn Kleiman, violin.