String Symphony
String Symphony No. 2
Nox: Tenebrae Lucis
“Night: Darkness of Light.” A string symphony by Lera Auerbach.
Commission
Commissioned by The Rivers School Conservatory.
Title
Nox: Tenebrae Lucis. Night: Darkness of Light.
Cycle
The second string symphony. Part of Auerbach’s cycle of string symphonies on light, following Vespera: Memoria Lucis.
Form
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Single symphonic span
- A concentrated string-orchestra work in one continuous architecture.
- The second in Auerbach’s cycle of string symphonies on light.
- Nox turns from evening into night: the darkness, concealment and inner pressure of light.
Work Information
Symphonic World
Nox: Tenebrae Lucis continues Auerbach’s string-symphony cycle as a meditation on night and the dark condition of light. Where Vespera: Memoria Lucis belongs to evening and memory, Nox enters the realm of shadow, concealment and inward illumination.
Written for string orchestra, the work uses the expressive concentration of strings to create a nocturnal symphonic space: tense, veiled, fragile and luminous from within.
As an independent concert work, it can stand alone; within the cycle, it becomes the nightward counterpart to the memory of evening light.
Publisher and Materials
Published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski. Score and rental materials are available through Zinfonia.