Damström, Cecilia
For string trio.
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The Latin word “nisus” means effort, pressure and strain. With this string trio I try to describe in music, what I think anxiety sounds like. A heavy pressure on you chest which paralyzes you, and your evasive thoughts of all kinds that sometimes lead to shouts of despair. With mental illness just as with other illnesses, you can’t imagine what it is like unless you have experienced it. And even if you have – every person has their own very personal experience. This piece is dedicated to every person suffering of mental illness.
Nisus was composed for Uusinta Ensemble and premiered at the contemporary music festival Time of Music 2019 in Viitasaari.
2019
vln, vla, vlc
11
2019-07-07
Parish Hall, Viitasaari
Uusinta Ensemble (Aleksi Kotila, Max Savikangas, Pinja Garcia)
Gehrmans Musikförlag
"The ability to think and feel on a concious level is what makes us humans differ from other species on earth." This is also what Cecilia Damström tries to achieve with her compositions; to make people think and feel.