Luce Celeste (2017)

for violin and piano

The piece “Luce celeste” (“Heavenly Light”) draws inspiration from the rich blue color of the sky on a sunny day. The music has a symbolic meaning and describes the appearance of a heavenly temple flooded with dazzling sunlight, rising majestically among slowly floating white clouds.

Cover image: Temple of Heaven by Yuri Oleynikov.
Used with permission from the artist.
Artist’s website: Yuri Oleynikov
 
Duration: 5′
 
Performance History

  • September 17, 2017 — World Premiere: Synesthesia, a lecture-concert conceived by Alexey Logunov, Concert Hall of Pavlovsk Palace, Pavlovsk, Russia. Performed by Alexey Logunov (piano), Sergey Tyutyunik (violin), and Elizaveta Senatorova (soprano), with Anastasia Logunova as lecturer.

  • November 30, 2017 — Concert featuring students and alumni of Vladimir Sokolov’s composition studio, Concert Hall of the M. P. Mussorgsky Music College, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Performed by Maria Zabelina (violin) and the composer (piano).
  • December 10, 2017 — Closing concert of the Classics Without Borders Festival, Concert Hall of Pavlovsk Palace, Pavlovsk, Russia. Performed by Maria Zabelina (violin) and the composer (piano).
  • February 1, 2018 — From the Depths of the Heart, a concert presented as part of the Russian-Armenian cultural bridge project, V. Mayakovsky Library Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Performed by Maria Zabelina (violin) and the composer (piano).
  • March 27, 2018 — Italian Baroque and Music by Young Saint Petersburg Composers, presented as part of the Second International World of Art Festival, A. K. Glazunov Small Hall of the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Performed by Maria Zabelina (violin) and the composer (piano).
  • April 19, 2018 — Concert Hall of the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Performed by Maria Zabelina (violin) and the composer (piano).
  • May 11, 2018 — Sestroretsk Musical: Revival of Traditions, Concert Hall of Children’s Music School No. 20 of the Kurortny District, Sestroretsk, Russia. Performed by Maria Zabelina (violin) and Alexey Logunov (piano).
  • May 26, 2018 — Faces of Romanticism, Concert Hall of Pavlovsk Palace, Pavlovsk, Russia.

  • May 27, 2018 — Creative meeting with Alexey Logunov, Mamin-Sibiryak Pushkin Library, Yekaterinburg, Russia. Guest performer: Sergey Tyutyunik (violin).