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This work was composed in late summer, 1982, during a pause in the composition of The Damask Drum and at around the time I began working on my first computer composition DICTA. This music needs even less explanation than any other: the Finnish folk melody ‘Det gingo två flickor i rosende lund’ is probably familiar to many listeners just as it is to me in the arrangement for string orchestra by Karl Ekman. The world of folk music as a whole is just as remote to me since ‘tyttöjen kävely’, as it was before; the next ‘trad’ melody to interest me is more likely to come from jazz than from folk music.The manuscript of this work bears different variants on the name: ...floral view with maidens singing... in English, while the German text claims that the work is ‘harmonic-contrapuntal variations on a traditional melody’. Both are true, and I wish to stress both the importance of the clearly conscious approach and the vital affinity between this approach with a warm acceptance of the fullness of life. Before being transformed into action, clear consciousness must be clearly conceptualised: let not ‘rational argument’ mean a propensity for denying half the things reason does indeed know to be inherently human; let not ‘realism’ mean doing whatever is easy to execute with eyes closed to the future; let not the word ‘sin’ be used as a vexed code name for eroticism when it is unfashionable to call war a sin.The floral view is thus a study in the technique of composition, including form and melody and not just harmony, but at the same time it is a little ‘symphonic poem’ about twilight and light, waiting, fulfilment and rest — for almost all music is a reflection of the patterns of our existence. The work was commissioned and first performed by the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra under its conductor Juha Kangas.© Paavo HeininenPaavo Heinisen ...tyttöjen kävely ruusulehdossa... on monitasoinen fantasia länsiuusimaalaisesta kansansävelmästä ”Det gingo två flickor i rosendelund”. Lainatakseni säveltäjän kommenttia ’tytöistään’ se on ”tutkielma sävellystekniikasta, myös muodosta ja melodiasta eikä vain harmoniasta, mutta samalla pieni ’sinfoninen runoelma’ hämärästä ja valosta, odotuksesta, täyttymyksestä ja levosta – melkein kaikki musiikkihan on tällaisten olemassaolomme voimakenttien kuvioiden rinnakkaiskuvia. Teos on sävelletty Keski-Pohjanmaan Kamariorkesterin tilauksesta, he sen myös kantaesittivät Juha Kankaan johdolla.Paavo Heininens ...flickorna gingo i rosendelund... är en flerdimensionell fantasi över en västnyländsk folksång med samma namn. För att citera kompositörens kommentar om sina ’flickor’, är det här ”en forskning i kompositionsteknik, också i form och i melodi och inte bara i harmoni, men samtidigt ett litet ’symfoniskt poem’ om skymning och ljus, om förväntan, uppfyllelse och vila nästan all musik är ju en dylik parallellbild av kraftfälten i vår existens. Verket komponerades på beställning av Mellersta Österbottens Kammarorkester, och det uruppfördes av dem under ledning av Juha Kangas.

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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