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I composed the Symphony No.190 UFO, under F & over immediately (starting, during...) after attending an interesting lecture about UFOs by Timothy Good, who visited Finland (Helsinki) two years ago. Numerologic coincidences, eg. on licence plates of cars passing by or parked 'meaningfully' prior to the day before the lecture tickled the registers of fantasizing both in awakened state (sober or drunk...) and probably also in the subconscious and in the dreamworlds or when telepathic coincidences arouse challenging question marks... When now La forza del destino arranged the world premiere of No.190 to take place 'down under...' it certainly felt like a portion of black humour, considering how it would affect the name, with its aspects of under or over or rather over & under... My thoughts around the focus of the F-tone went back to the 70s when I utilised in my work Patria the juxtaposing of the leading tone E and sharptone [supertonic] G as a pendel of energy motivating the choice of half or whole steps, like the Finnish people between the orient and occident can choose their inspiration and influence from both sides, and wait until they are ready to take the decisions...not to be a robot-like on-off binary fool in life despite pressure from the cybertechnics...The Symphony No.190, like all my others (now 230), has a 'Rosenkranz' form - as if fondling a sonic prayer-bracelet with six pearls of visions of c. three-four minutes; the free fantasy of a gigantic chamber-musical happening of free-pulsative music-making by a large symphony orchestra performing without a conductor and showing the latent creativity of the interpreters in their way of deciding the attribute functions (of speed, dynamic level, colour, rubato, phrasing, length of pauses in between playing...) but not aleatorically changing or improvising any note in this very exactly-written texture for the together soundings (old Greek = sinfonia) arranged by the 'tone-choosers,' not the 'composer.' Havefun! Leif Segerstam 2009

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Abbreviation	Instrument
Woodwind
acl	alto clarinet
afl	alto flute
arec	alto recorder
asax	alto saxophone
barsax	baritone saxophone
barhn	baritone horn
bcl	bass clarinet
bfl	bass flute
bob	bass oboe
bsax	bass saxophone
bsn	bassoon
cbsn	contrabassoon
cl	clarinet
ehn	English horn
fl	flute
hn	French horn
ob	oboe
pic	piccolo
rec	recorder
sax	saxophone
srec	soprano recorder
ssax	soprano saxophone
trec	tenor recorder
tsax	tenor saxophone
Brass
ahn	alto horn
atrb	altotrombone
barhn	baritone horn
btrb	bass trombone
cornet	cornet
euph	euphonium
fhn	flugelhorn
hn	French horn
tba	tuuba
thn	tenor horn
trb	trombone
trp	trumpet
Percussion
dr	drums
glock	glockenspiel
mar	marimba
perc	percussion
timp	timpani
vibr	vibraphone
xyl	xylophone
Strings
db	double bass
gamba	viola da gamba
str	strings
vla	viola
vlc	cello
vln	violin
Other
acc	accordion
cel	celesta
cemb	harpsichord
chords	chords
elbas	electric bass
elg	electric guitar
elorg	electric organ
elpno	electric piano
guit	guitar
harm	harmonium
hca	harmonica
hp	harp
instr	instrument
kantele	kantele
keyb	keyboard
live electr	live electronics
mand	mandolin
mel	melody
org	organ
pno	piano
synth	synthesizer
tape	tape
Vocal
alto	alto
baryt	baritone
basso	bass voice
ch	choir
chc	childrens choir
chf	female choir
chm	male choir
chx	mixed choir
cten	countertenor
mezzo	mezzo-soprano
sopr	soprano
speaker	speaker
ten	tenor
voc	vocal

Symphony orchestra
2222 4331 11 1, str = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, one other percussionist, harp and strings
Wind band
2252 3 423 21212 3 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 5 clarinets, 2 bassoons - 3 saxophones - 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones - 2 cornets, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, baritone horn, 2 tubas - 3 percussionists
Big band
221 4 4, pno, guit, db, dr = 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums
Additional codes
+	fl+pic = flutist doubles on piccolo
/	pno/org = can be played on either piano or organ
lib	ad libitum
obl	obligato
str	str: 65432 = specified number of string players
str min	str min: 65432 = at least 65432
str max	str max: 65432 = not more than 65432
solo	vln solo = violin is the solo instrument in a work not obviously for solo violin

Symphony No. 190