{"product_id":"kissine-duo-ii-belaieff","title":"Kissine: Duo II","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/victor-kissine\"\u003eVictor Kissine (1953-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Performance Score - \u003ca href=\"\/es\/pages\/format-descriptions\"\u003eFormat guide\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eCello, Viola\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Duo No. 2 (2011)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Saddle-Stitch\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790203005643\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e11.9\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e9.1\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 28\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuo\u003c\/em\u003e (after Ossip Mandelstam) refers to a short poem from his 1910 collection \u003cem\u003eKamen\u003c\/em\u003e (Stone), which underlies my piece: not only is this poem its epigraph, it is also quoted metrically throughout in the instrumental texture. Here are the first lines of the English translation:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEars stretch sensitive sails,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003edilated eyes lose fire,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eover the silence swims\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe night-birds' soundless choir.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven though a translation may give some idea of the images, I doubt that it conveys the respiration of this poem, its breath. But this was precisely what I wanted to do. So I decided to accomplish this simply: by \"translating\" the very first image by the sea wind. It begins with the viola, followed by the \"voiceless choir\" played by the cello with a vertically positioned bow. So the emergence of the real sound at the end of the first movement marks the transformation of wind into breath. The second movement has a concentric form which also develops in waves and gives the \"voiceless choir\" its voice. The final movement, \u003cem\u003eAdagietto\u003c\/em\u003e, adjusts the respiration to a regular pace – a reference to J. S. Bach. The coda, finally, goes back to the initial metaphor: breath = wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Victor Kissine)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRevised 2026\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"M. P. Belaieff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67889797922895,"sku":"BEL629","price":39.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/192c7c120bb602a09752bdc2398a7c10.jpg?v=1793117404","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/es\/products\/kissine-duo-ii-belaieff","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}