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Shadows, Op. 52, es un preludio orquestal del compositor finlandés Aulis Sallinen, quien escribió la pieza en 1982 por encargo de la National Symphony Orchestra Association. El material temático del preludio está estrechamente relacionado con el Acto III de la tercera ópera de Sallinen, The King Goes Forth to France, en la que también estaba trabajando en 1982, escribiendo Shadows al completar el Acto II de la ópera. Sin embargo, el compositor ha enfatizado que Shadows es "una obra orquestal completamente independiente", aunque una cuyos "ingredientes líricos y dramáticos reflejan la filosofía de la ópera". La National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) estrenó la obra el 30 de noviembre de 1982 en el Kennedy Center en Washington, D.C., bajo la dirección de su director musical, Mstislav Rostropovich. Shadows impresionó tanto a Rostropovich y su orquesta que la NSO le solicitó a Sallinen que compusiera una sinfonía para ellos, cuyo resultado sería la Quinta (1985).
“Shadows are like plants. They need sunlight simply to exist.”
“There are no shadows in the dark. Shadows are the servants of light, the children of fire. The brightest flame casts the darkest shadows.”
“The worthy gentleman [Mr. Coombe], who has been snatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the contest, while his desires were as warm, and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us, what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue.”
“Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the highest lights.”
“No matter how satisfying the shade is, one must step out of it. Because if you keep staying in the shade like this, even your own shadow will abandon you.”
“Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbræ.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
