Victoria Borisova-Ollas: ... and time is running past midnight ...

Victoria Borisova-Ollas: ... and time is running past midnight ...
- Year of composition:
- 2014
- Scored for:
- for orchestra
- Composer:
- Victoria Borisova-Ollas
- Instrumentation:
- 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(3), hp, pno, str
- Instrumentation details:
-
1st flute
2nd flute
3rd flute (+picc)
1st oboe
2nd oboe
3rd oboe (+c.a)
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
3rd clarinet in Bb (+bass cl)
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
3rd bassoon (+cbsn)
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in C
3rd trumpet in C
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
tuba
timpani
1st percussion
2nd percussion
3rd percussion
piano (+cel)
harp
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
- Commission:
- Commissioned by Swedish Radio Ltd.
- Duration:
- 9’
Audiosamples
The complete perusal score (PDF-preview)
Work introduction
… and time is running past midnight … is rather short orchestral “post-scriptum” to my first opera Dracula. Though not containing any direct musical or scenographic quotes from the almost two hours long performance this composition certainly is a sort of an echo of the intense emotional atmosphere of the Dracula score. The listener should of course feel free from having any associative bonds to the subject of Bram Stoker’s vampyres and their adventures. The main theme of this composition, reflected mostly in the rhythmic structure of the score is the time which is running rapidly towards an unknown future.
Victoria Borisova-Ollas
Special prints

Victoria Borisova-Ollas: ... and time is running past midnight ...
full score
for orchestra , 9’
Instr.: 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(3), hp, pno, str

Victoria Borisova-Ollas: ... and time is running past midnight ...
study score
for orchestra , 9’
Instr.: 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(3), hp, pno, str
World première
- Location:
- Berwaldhallen, Stockholm (SE)
- Date:
- 22.10.2015
- Orchestra:
- Swedish RSO
- Conductor:
- Joana Carneiro