This too shall pass (composition)

This too shall pass is a composition for solo violin, cello and vibraphone, and string orchestra by Raminta Šerkšnytė, first performed on 30 September 2021 in Kronberg, Hesse, Germany.

[3] This too shall pass was first performed on 30 September 2021 at the Stadthalle Kronberg in the presence of the composer,[3] played by Kremer as the violinist, cellist Erica Piccotti and vibraphonist Andrei Pushkarev, and the Kremerata Baltica conducted by Teresa Riveiro-Böhm.

[2][4] The composition of eight minutes was one of three world premieres of works composed by women during the festival, which had the motto "Woman Power Music", in German ambiguous as both "Frau Macht Musik" and "Frau macht Musik" (Woman makes music).

[3] In the concert at the Stadthalle Kronberg, This too shall pass was paired with Sofia Gubaidulina's Seven Words and a pasticcio of works by Astor Piazzolla.

He described a steady pulse of the vibraphone, and fine transitions from the delicate violin lines to the sonorous cello voice, and summarised: "Raminta Šerkšnyté's music rests in itself in an almost magical way."