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Some time ago, Harri Vuori and his friend Esko Sarkkinen, decided on an exchange: a composition for a painting. Vuori’s work was to be 30 seconds long; the painting was to contain 30 brush strokes; snow was agreed as the common theme. Both works were actually completed, but their demensions far exceeded what had been agreed on. Harri Vuori’s contribution had grown from 30 seconds to a 4-part, sonata-like piano composition called Kryo (from the Greek word for cold, frost = kryos). Snow is in many respects a rewarding motif for a musician as well as an artist. While almost automatically charged from a poetic and esthetic perspective, it also satisfies the more logically inclined with its pure, crystalline structure. Harri Vuori too has felt at home in this many-faceted landscape. As Lauri Otonkoski (the well-known Finnish poet and music critic) has pointed out, in Kryo Vuori treads a fine line between the “Germanically” strict and the rich colours of the “French” style. These two approaches, often viewed as extreme opposites, easily convert one into the other; and used together, they produce striking results. But we should bear in mind that the “German” and “French” elements are only metaphoric aids. In actual fact, the voice we hear is the composer’s, and the background decidedly Finnish. Kryo is condensed but lucid piano music. In its four movements it travels through different aspects of the same “icy” harmony. The first movement is very dense yet flows at a leisurely pace; the second movement is lighter. The relatively rapid third movement reaches peaks of furious expression, balanced by the extreme hush of the quietly sparkling last movement.© Jouni Kaipainen(Edition Love)(translated by © Ira Donner)

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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