| Year of Composition: | 2009 |
| Duration: | 8'30 |
| Instrumentation: | str orch |
| Samples: |  Audio |
Commissioned by the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society for the series "Viva Musica Via Baltica" (part of the Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009)
Released recording:
Justė Janulytė. Sandglasses. - LMIPC CD 077, 2013
Premiere:
9 December 2009, at the Great Guild Hall in Riga (Latvia); 10 December 2009, at the Klaipėda Concert Hall; 11 December 2009, at the Kaunas Philharmonic; 12 December 2009, at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall in Vilnius (Lithuania)
Perf. Sinfonietta Rīga, conductor Normunds Šnē
Programme note
The structure of the two-layered score of the Elongation of Nights reminds of the elongation of night while the day is getting shorter: one layer is setting down and getting quieter which makes way for the second layer that becomes louder and pulsates with elongating sounds. Every player has its own part (21 in total) similar to the echoes of a canon, thus such a monochromatic orchestra sounds like a utopian 84 string instrument. The harmony of the piece is based entirely on fifths, derived from the natural tuning of strings. Morton Feldman would have probably called such piece as “Fifths in my Life”.
Dedicated to autumning Vilnius.
Justė Janulytė
Released recordings:
CD Zoom in 8. - Vilnius: Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre, LMIPCCD 059, 2010 (perf. Sinfonietta Rīga, conductor Normunds Šnē)
Awards
Best Chamber Composition of the Year 2009 in the Annual Best Compositions Awards of the Lithuanian Composers' Union
