Victoria Borisova-Ollas
Open Ground
Short instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(3), hp, pno, str
Duration: 10'
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(Bb)
cl(Eb))
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
harp
piano
violin I
violin II
violin III
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Borisova-Ollas - Open Ground for orchestra
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Victoria Borisova-Ollas
Borisova-Ollas: Open GroundOrchestration: für Orchester
Type: Dirigierpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
Victoria Borisova-Ollas
Borisova-Ollas: Open GroundOrchestration: für Orchester
Type: Studienpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
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Open Ground for symphony orchestra is inspired by Salman Rushdie’s novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet. It is one of his most significant and complex novels where the fictitious reality goes side by side with real historic events. The collisions between the two worlds often have a most devastating effect on the fate of all characters involved. One of them, a legendary rock singer Vina Apsara, disappears under mysterious circumstances while an earthquake is raging in Mexico.
I have found an emotional inspiration in the first chapter of the book containing the description of the earthquake. The title for the piece is my own though. Open ground is an expression which might be interpreted differently depending on the context. The ground beneath our feet, the reality in which we exist at the moment, how real and stable it actually is? Also who would have ever dared to imagine what it feels like when it suddenly starts to rock?
Victoria Borisova-Ollas