Hommage à Concerto Grosso - Robert Hejnar
The piece entitled Hommage à Concerto Grosso (A Tribute to Concerto Grosso) was finished in 1996. Unlike the baroque form of concerto grosso, where the dialogue occurs between a group of solo instruments (concertino) and the orchestra (concerto grosso), in this composition the concertino is represented only by the solo violoncello part.
As the title suggests, the work is a kind of a "tombstone", a tribute to an ancient form, a reminiscence, in a figurative sense, of the biblical "dust you are and to dust you will return" or the Greek "panta rhei" - a metaphore of nothingness and the fleeting, unrepeatable nature of time...
Other compositions by Robert Hejnar published in Czech Radio:
Elysium for piano solo and symphony orchestra
Lorelei for Violin Solo, Chamber String Orchestra and Piano
Parts only for hire at nakladatelstvi@rozhlas.cz