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The Suite de los espejos (Mirror Suite), composed in 1960 for soprano and five instruments, is based on texts by Federico Garcia Lorca. On the one hand, the composer sought to explore all the possibilities of modern compositional technique, but, on the other, he wanted to write music that would be well received by audiences. For this purpose he chose a series marked by consonant intervals, mainly thirds, to create the impression of pseudo-tonality. In fact, Volkonsky made an important discovery while composing this work: For the first time I realized that silence is an important and necessary part of the musical discourse. From then on, coming to terms with the phenomenon of silence has been an essential component of my creative work.

- Tatjana Rexroth (1994)