Atlas
← Chamber music
6

Postludium DSCH

Valentin Silvestrov · b. 1937 · Ukrainian
For voice, violin, cello, piano
Also known as Postlude No. 1 ("DSCH")
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
SlowTenderDarkLesser-known

Listen

Open on YouTube More recordings
Ensemble
Other ensemble
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Short piece
Length
About 7 min
Composed
1981
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Soprano with violin, cello and piano; homage to Shostakovich (DSCH); first of the Three Postludes

Suggest a correction

A step before · level 5

Dover Beach, Op. 3
Samuel Barber
voice, 2 violins, viola, cello
Other ensemblevoice, 2 violins, viola, cello
8 min
MinorLyricalWell-known
5voice
Durations 4
Morton Feldman
percussion, violin, cello
Other ensemblepercussion, violin, cello
4 min
SlowTenderLesser-known
5balanced
Clear Music
Nico Muhly
harp, cello, celesta
Other ensembleharp, cello, celesta
9 min
LyricalTenderLesser-known
5harp
Elegy, Op. 23 ("Under the Impression of Zeyer's Vyšehrad")
Josef Suk
3 violins, viola, 2 cellos, harp, harmonium
Other ensemble3 violins, viola, 2 cellos, harp, harmonium
6 min
MinorSlowLesser-known
5balanced

A step after · level 7

Upon Silence
George Benjamin
voice, 5 violas da gamba
Other ensemblevoice, 5 violas da gamba
10 min
SlowTenderLesser-known
7voice
Upon Silence (version for mezzo-soprano and seven strings)
George Benjamin
voice, 2 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses
Other ensemblevoice, 2 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses
10 min
SlowDarkLesser-known
7voice
Meditation on the Bach Chorale ("Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit")
Sofia Gubaidulina
2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord
Other ensemble2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord
12 min
MinorSlowLesser-known
7balanced
Other ensemble2 violins, cello, celesta
4 min
SlowTenderLesser-known
7cello