Hieroglyphen der Nacht

Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov’s work forms a bridge between past and present. His music for solo cello and two cellos features breathtaking silences and arching melodies frozen in time. *Elegie* for solo cello twitches and turns restlessly, and yet from the gloom, Bach emerges, hints of the Cello Suites coming and going like a dream. *8.VI.1810 … zum Geburtstag R.A. Schumann*—for the birthday of Robert Schumann—is a musical conversation with the 19th century, while “Lacrimosa” is a tribute and response to the work of Silvestrov’s friend, composer Tigran Mansurian.