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At the late 1996, some months after I had finished the final version of 'Hydrology' I started to study how to use different sound banks, filters etc. of my Roland JV-1080 synthesizer. Until that moment I just had used Roland's General MIDI sound patches, so the possibilities to create interesting soundscapes were very limited. I started to study how to combine different sounds, use filters, effects and many different techniques. Somewhere in January of 1997 I got an idea of a big form that would be divided in several 'periods'. Meanwhile I also got interested in improvisation and actually this was the technique I used very much as I was composing 'Periods'. Due to many things (for example, I graduated from high school in 1998 and before that, during the whole spring of 1998 I had matriculation exams and other such things) it took almost an year and half to compose 'Periods'. It's a long time when compared to Hydrology, which I composed in three months.I composed the first part of 'Periods' in January of 1997 and the second part as late as in July of the same year. One reason for this quite long pause between the composition of these two parts was that I was still deciding whether to do a small or a bigger work. The main reason for this delay was that I got involved with my first project for classic ensemble called 'Aamu metsässä' ('A morning in the forest'). Finally I ended up composing this classic piece until the end of April of 1997. After the summer of 1997 I got involved with different things and did not compose almost anything at all during the last half of 1997. I started to work with 'Periods' again in December of 1997. At that moment I had planned 'Periods' to be a three-part composition so it was a time to write the final part. But as I was working with the final part during the end of 1997 and the beginning of 1998, I noticed that something I could not include to this final part would be needed anyway, so I decided to compose the third and the fourth part later and use this final part as the fifth part. The matricualtion exams began at the beginning of 1998 and I also had a exam (ground course 3/3) in guitar so the final part was ready in March of 1998. After a short pause I composed the third and the fourth part in April and May of 1998. 'Periods' was ready in May of 1998 and was performed in its total form on May 29th, 1998. After that it has never been performed in full, although the third and the fouth parts have been performed some times after that. The premiere performance featured a light show with projected video, four synthesizer players and one flute player with the other voices coming from a DAT. No choir or dancers were used. In September of the same year I composed 'Phases' (a two-part work) and performed it with 'Periods' Part III and Part IV. In addition to live synthesizers and flute this show also featured a light show with smoke effects and dancers with flashlights. After that, 'Periods' has not been performed.© Markku Klami

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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