![Empty sheet](/assets/empty-sheet-7e396cf059af8b92ca990bf5440ce8fee95c04e5aae20ba63f3a3426dcf87670.jpg)
Tuomas Kettunen
False Reflections
Description
The piece was inspired by a set of imaginary images of reflections on the surface of water. On a flat and calm surface, the reflection is perfect, but even a small ripple on the surface will disturb the reflection and make it appear false, even unrecognizable. In the piece, the musical material is reflected on an unstable surface which is constantly affected by the actions of the instruments.
This music is a spiral – it repeats a series of five chords by getting faster every round, until reaching a critical point. Each of the chords possesses its own character and mood, but the further the music goes the more blurred and mixed it gets.
Instrumentation
fl, ob, cl, trb, pno
Category
Chamber Works
Premiere
Ensemble Court-circuit, Jean Deroyer, cond. Festival de Royaumont, September 10, 2023, Asnières-sur-Oise, France
Commisioned by / dedications
Written for the Voix Nouvelles Academy of the Royaumont Foundation.