Goeyvaerts
String Trio playing Sofia Gubaidulina

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrJ_nO3ctF8

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The Goeyvaerts String Trio was founded in 1997 by violinist Kristien Roels, violist Kris Matthynssens and cellist Pieter Stas with the aim of performing twentieth- and twenty-first-century repertoire. The trio takes its name from the Belgian composer Karel Goeyvaerts, who played an important role in the development of new music in Europe. Besides playing existing works, the ensemble is active in commissioning new string trios.

Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (24 October 1931 – 13 March 2025) was a Soviet and Russian composer of modernist sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works. Her output has been described as exploring the tensions between Western and Eastern music, and has been characterised by "innovative use of microtonality and chromaticism, rhythm over form and use of contrasting tonalities. Her compositions have been praised for their "emotional intensity", while she described her music as bringing legato, that is, a sense of "connected flow into the fragmented staccato of life." Alongside Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt and Edison Denisov, Gubaidulina was considered one of the foremost composers of the former Soviet Union who were disfavoured by the authorities including the KGB, but whose work became frequently commissioned and performed by major international orchestras, with her first major breakthrough being her violin concerto Offertorium (1980).
Definition from Wikipedia – Sofia Gubaidulina

00:01:36 Great change of pace with an energetic harmony

00:03:10 Back to the dreamscape with resonating disharmonics

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