Details
- Instrument:
- Cello Double Bass Viola Violin
- Ensembles:
- String Orchestra Chamber Music
- Genres:
- 21st Century
- Publishers:
- Matthys J. Pienaar
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Late Intermediate
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 48
SKU: A0.1676554
Composed by Matthys J. Pienaar. This edition: pdf, streaming. 21st Century, Chamber, Classical. 48 pages. Matthys J. Pienaar #1241997. Published by Matthys J. Pienaar (A0.1676554).“In Borrowed Moments” is a heartfelt composition for string orchestra by Matthys J. Pienaar. The title holds the essence of the story: a fleeting, forbidden romance set against the backdrop of a 19th-century palace.
Amid the grandeur of a formal occasion—perhaps a royal ball—a young noblewoman, bound by duty and birthright, shares a final, secret meeting with a childhood friend: a common soldier with whom she has fallen in love. Their love, tender and genuine, defies the world they inhabit. But fate has other plans—he is soon to depart for war, and she is promised to another through an arranged marriage.
This piece captures the quiet intensity of their last meeting, “in borrowed moments,” beneath the starlit garden just outside the palace walls. It is a musical reflection on love, loss, and the quiet beauty of moments that were never meant to last.
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- ArrangeMe:
- Matthys J. Pienaar
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Ensemble:
- String Orchestra Chamber Music
- Publisher:
- Matthys J. Pienaar