Estonian Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959) is among those composers who draw liberally on the broadest range of musical influences and incorporate them into a personal ...Show synopsisEstonian Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959) is among those composers who draw liberally on the broadest range of musical influences and incorporate them into a personal style that is more an organic integration than a pastiche. Tüür began his musical career in a rock band, and those roots are evident in his music, as well as a native minimalism based on ancient runic singing, and the full arsenal of contemporary compositional techniques. His music bears some resemblance to that of Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara in the immediacy of its appeal and the eclecticism of its sources. Tüür's Magma grew out of a request by Evelyn Glennie for a percussion concerto, but the composer elected to make it a symphony featuring a percussion soloist to emphasize the integrality of the soloist and the orchestra, rather than their opposition. The composer characterizes the work's opening as "the starry sky at midnight reflected on the very still water of the lake," and he is entirely successful in evoking that image in his...Hide synopsis
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