Blue Shades - Olga Ježková
“In the nonet entitled Modré valéry (The Shades of Blue) it was my intention to express five colour tones by means of the sound of string instruments. The piece abides by the rules of the classical sonata form with the second slow movement and the third in the form of a dance. The ambition to stand up to the challenge of such a formal appeal served as an additional stimulus to write the piece. The composition can be performed in two versions: either by a nonet or by a string orchestra. Either of these options represents a unique timbre quality. The sound of the string orchestra gives rise to a specific new ‘timbre shade’ whose appeal and efficacy grows with the growing number of the performing artists.”
Most significant works by Olga Ježková (b. 1956) belong mainly to the genre of vocal music based either on liturgical or religious texts (Missa in honorem sancti Adalberti, Missa laeta, Jerusalem gaude, Pater noster, Raesurrexi, etc.), or on the poetry of O. Mikulášek, J. Skácel, and other Czech poets (song cycles and choral works). As for her instrumental music, she finds her inspiration in the realm of the visual arts and in her synesthetic perception of the world (Spektrum základních barev (The Basic Colour Spectrum) for guitar duo; Žlutočervený plakát (The Yellow-Red Poster) for symphonic sound; the string quartet Modrý (Blue), and the like.
Olga Ježková
Other compositions by Olga Ježková published in Czech Radio:
David the Shepherd
Eye
instrumentation4vno, 2vla, vcl, cb, perc / archidescriptionscorepubl.No.R 229price195,- CZK
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