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Sallinen’s String Quartet No. 5 was completed in 1983 on the initiative of the Helsinki Festival, the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival and the celebrated American ensemble, the Kronos Quartet, who duly arrived in Kuhmo in the summer of 1984 to give the work its first performance. The name “Pieces of Mosaic” points towards the quartet’s unusual structure. The work is made up of 16 small sections or ‘pieces’, between which there are sometimes close links, sometimes no connections whatsoever, The composer has himself commented that the quartet has exactly the sort of form that the modern world deserves. As Sallinen has pondered on the disintegrating world around him, so his quartet has shattered into small pieces. It is worth mentioning that the idea of mosaics has run on — admittedly in a different form — into Sallinen’s 5th Symphony composed a few years later, entitled “Washington Mosaics”. In both quartet and symphony there are signs of the composer’s moving around to distinctly new stylistic directions.© Kimmo Korhonen, 1990 (Helsinki Festival)(tranlated by © Susan Sinisalo)Sallisen viides jousikvartetto (”Mosaiikinpalasia”) valmistui vuonna 1983 Helsingin Juhlaviikkojen, Kuhmon kamarimusiikkijuhlien ja maineikkaan amerikkalaisen Kronos-kvartetin aloitteesta. Kronos-kvartetti myös kantaesitti teoksen Kuhmossa kesällä 1984. Kvarteton lisänimi ”Mosaiikinpalasia” viittaa teoksen epätavalliseen muotoratkaisuun. Teoksessa on 16 lyhyttä osaa, ”palasta”, joiden välillä on joskus läheisempi, joskus täysin olematon yhteys. Säveltäjä on itse puhunut siitä, kuinka kvartetolla on sellainen muoto, jonka maailma ansaitsee. Säveltäjän hahmottaessa maailmaa ympärillään kvartetto on pirstoutunut pieniksi palasiksi. Huomattakoon, että ajatus mosaiikeista on kulkeutunut – vaikkakin erilaisessa muodossa – myös paria vuotta myöhempään viidenteen sinfoniaan (”Washington Mosaics”). Sekä kvartetossa että sinfoniassa on nähty vihjeitä hakeutumisesta uudenlaisiin tyylillisiin asemiin.© Kimmo Korhonen, 1990 (Helsingin Juhlaviikot)Sallinens femte stråkkvartett (”Mosaikbitar”) kom till år 1983 på initiativ av Helsingfors Festspel, kammarmusikfestivalen i Kuhmo och den berömda amerikanska kvartetten Kronos. Kronos-kvartetten uruppförde musiken i Kuhmo på sommaren 1984. Namnet ”Mosaikbitar” anspelar på kvartettens ovanliga struktur. Den består av 16 korta delar eller ”bitar” med ett ibland nära, ibland nästan obefintligt samband. Kompositören har själv sagt, att kvartetten fått den slags form som världen förtjänar. Då han i sin kvartett försökte gestalta världen omkring sig, spälktes kvartetten upp i bitar. Tanken på mosaiker dök förresten upp igen – fastän i annan form – två år senare i hans femte symfoni (”Washington Mosaics”). Både i kvartetten och i symfonin har man velat se tecken på att Sallinen söker nya stilistiska utgångspunkter.© Kimmo Korhonen, 1990 (Helsingfors Festspel)(övers. © Jan Granberg)

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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