Sotto Voce (2011) for violin solo

Mälestused/Memories

11.09.2021 opening concert of the ENSO new season 2021/2022
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Maestro Olari Elts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTrgwZdl1T8
https://www.elishallik.com/firehearted.html

Elis Hallik, The Firehearted (2021), Olari Elts, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

27 October 2017, Estonia Concert Hall, by the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann

Elis Hallik, Punctum concursūs in prospectu (2017) B. Brönnimann, ENSO

Aegis  ('iːdʒɪs] Ancient Greek: αἰγίς aigís), was in ancient Greece (or their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva), a leather cloak or breastplate generally associated with Zeus, the king of the gods, and thus thought to possess supernatural power - emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena. More as an emblem of strength and protection than a military shield. Athena's shield carried at its center the head of Medusa. Brightly shimmering or darkly obscuring, the aegis refers to Athena's protective yet potentially destructive power. 

It also means "A shield"; or "a protection" and the modern concept of doing something "under someone's aegis" means doing something under the protection of a powerful, knowledgeable, or benevolent source. The word aegis is identified with protection by a strong force with its roots in Greek mythology and adopted by the Romans; there are parallels in Norse mythology and in Egyptian mythology as well, where the Greek word aegis is applied by extension.

"Elis Hallik (Vesik), who is in his early thirties, boldly piles dissonances on top of each other in his orchestral composition (Aegis), but places the sensitive notes in the harmonic spectrum so "skillfully" that the harsher juxtapositions are almost invisible."
Molnár Szabolcs, magyarnarancs.hu

Recorded by Latvian Radio.

Elis Hallik

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