Veljo Tormis - Epiloog
A piece by the Estonian composer Veljo Tormis from the album 'Eesti Ballaadid' ('Estonian Ballads')
The Estonian Ballads are based on the lyroepic regilaul and are cemented together by the unifying part of Mother and the motif of the fate of daughters. Authentic texts (here in Standard Estonian) and original melodies from various parts of Estonia have been used. A certain similarity in the melodic material is intentional. The all-pervading unifying motif is fate.
Veljo Tormis (b 1930) is an Estonian neoclassicist composer, who features the Estonian traditional song (regilaul) heavily in his music. ('Not I make use of folk song, folk song makes use of me,' the composer has said) Most of his music is vocal centered.
'Strangers' fears, strangers' loves
Pierce my heart, my mind, my body...'
THe principal motifs of the previous parts are repeated in the epilogue. The weeping mother raises her head, as if the story started again.
'There is no one to love me,
To stroke my head
But the breeze will give me comfort,
And the sunshine to caress me.'
More info on the composer: http://www.emic.ee/helilooja/veljotor...