Yes, this symphony is much more overtly melodic than Tüür’s later ones! That’s not to say that melody is absent from those works, but more that these days his melodies are more likely to be terse and motivic, maybe allowing for freer development. Perhaps, given such potential “hummability”, it isn’t coincidental that Tüür didn’t stop leading the prog rock group In Spe until shortly before, or even during, the piece’s composition.
[…] example of disorientation caused by juxtaposition – first glimpsed in Erkki-Sven Tüür‘s Symphony No. 1 (in both its original and revised versions) – occurs in the opening part of his Symphony No. 2 […]
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Yes, this symphony is much more overtly melodic than Tüür’s later ones! That’s not to say that melody is absent from those works, but more that these days his melodies are more likely to be terse and motivic, maybe allowing for freer development. Perhaps, given such potential “hummability”, it isn’t coincidental that Tüür didn’t stop leading the prog rock group In Spe until shortly before, or even during, the piece’s composition.
[…] example of disorientation caused by juxtaposition – first glimpsed in Erkki-Sven Tüür‘s Symphony No. 1 (in both its original and revised versions) – occurs in the opening part of his Symphony No. 2 […]