Five-Minute Forests

by Pietari Kaasinen

for ensemble

Description

"Five-Minute Forests" is inspired by how artists and photographers Ritva Kovalainen and Sanni Seppo describe the state of contemporary wooden landscapes in the Nordics in their collection of works under the title Silvicultural Operations: "The process has been like chasing the rainbow’s end. The woods escaped us, constantly looming on the horizon. And gradually – after running breathless – we began to see the big picture; how meticulously the 50 years of efficient forest economy has crushed, torn, pulled, grooved, wounded, cut and chaffed almost every single square kilometre in our wilderness. It has also sown, planted and thinned, but a plantation of trees can no longer be called a forest. – – We have begun to measure woods in minutes – how long it takes to walk through the forest from one clearing to another or to a sapling stand. There are three-minute forests and five-minute forests, and very few 30-minute forests."

Instrumentation

fl+afl, cl+bcl, hp, 2vln, vla, vlc

Category

Chamber Works

Premiere

KammarensembleN in Stockholm 1.12.2022.

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Archive number

MF35344

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