- Title: Drop after drop
- Instrumentation: available in different versions
- Year: 2022
- Duration: 8′ approx.
- Commissioner: Drop after drop is commissioned by and specially composed for Festivals for Compassion, an initiative by Wonderfeel Festival
- Premiere: 17th March 2022 at the Internationaal Kamermuziekfestival Schiermonnikoog
- First performer: ADAM Quartet
- Remarks: dedicated to the heroes of Ukraine
- Buy Score from Donemus Publishing:
- Version for 2 Pianos or 1 Piano 4 hands
- Version for String Quartet
- Version for Clarinet Quartet
- Version for Saxophone Quartet
- Version for Cello Quartet
- Version for Cello Quintet
- Version for Cello Octet
- Version for Small String Orchestra
- Version for Large String Orchestra
“Since the first day of the war in Ukraine, a terrible pain has settled inside me. Every time I close my eyes, I want to wake up from this terrible dream… but alas, it is not a dream. ‘drop after drop’ is a kind of an ingot of that pain and memories of my childhood, when my relatives were telling me about the war years and sung wartime songs. I hear those songs inside me again and I wish they would stop…”
Maxim Shalygin
Drop after Drop
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The Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing since 24 February 2022. A few days after the war started, Maxim Shalygin wrote Drop after drop for Festival for Compassion. The aim was to share a piece of music with festivals across Europe as an act of solidarity and compassion with our Ukrainian colleagues, artists and all those who are suffering.
Since its premiere on 17 March 2022, live on Dutch television, Drop after drop has been performed 35 times. It has travelled to festivals and concert halls across Europe (and even beyond) and has been performed in Latvia, Greece, Ukraine, France, the United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, United States, Kosovo, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, South Korea, Finland and Armenia.
Last year Maxim told the Dutch newspaper NRC:
”On the one hand, the title Drop after drop of course refers to the bloodshed, but a drop can also change the world for the better. If each person makes a small contribution – however insignificant it may seem – the sum can bring about major changes.”
JOIN FESTIVALS FOR COMPASSION
Even one year on, you are warmly invited to join Festivals for Compassion and use Maxim’s music to bind us together in solidarity and compassion by sharing Drop after drop with your audience, live and online. You can register here.
Not a festival, but a quartet, quintet, octet or string orchestra? Please, join! Feel free to perform and share Maxim’s music as well. We are happy to share your performance on our site.
Free scores
Maxim has arranged Drop after drop for various line-ups – string quartet, string orchestra, cello quartet and quintet, cello octet, clarinet and saxophone quartet – which you can download for free. With many thanks to Donemus Publishing.
