The three-movement Quo vadis by Erik Bergman is a typical example of his recent coloristic-improvisatory style. It is a dialogue-like duo in which the instruments speak both in turn and together. Their voices grow in a wedge of volume ? from silence to passionate outbursts and from the middle to the outer registers. Each rejoinder is usually dominated by a particular mode of playing and figure, the most marked being the highly dissonant crashes on the piano and the cello tremoli. The themes of the second movement are based on a medieval Dies irae melody. But their melodic type, oscillating backwards and forwards over a small interval, is characteristic of Bergman and accordingly makes its appearance in the other movements, too.
| Arrangement | Cello, Soprano |
| Genres | Post-1900 |
| Format | Instrumental Work |
| NumberOfPages | 36 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Novello & Co Ltd. |
| Contributors | Bergman, Erik (Artist) |
| Language | English |