Vasile Herman. Two requiems
Vasile Herman. Two requiems

Summary/Abstract: With each work, composer Vasile Herman finds new opportunities for affirmation of the Romanian music in a European context. Behind the apparent antinomy of the titles of the two requiems lies the intent to express cultural identity, through compositional techniques that achieve idiomatic status. The Thracian and ProfaneRequiem, conceived in the first decade of the 21st century, bring back into discussion the traditional rites of passage of the Romanian people. By resurfacing and harnessing the ancestral layer of oral culture, Herman pinpoints the authenticity and specificity of the Mioritic space. These are embedded in a language that is completely in tune with his time, but which is most often justified as an extension of the folk values. Thus, under a modern guise, melody, rhythm, discourse organization and orchestration are called to recreate an ancestral atmosphere, an ethos that defines the identity of our geographical area, while offering the prerequisites of integrating this music within the sphere of interest of world culture.

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