hämäränpyörre
by Hannu Pohjannoro
twilight whirl, twilight whirl
konsertto klarinetille ja jousiorkesterille
Description
This is not turbulent music. Instead, it sounds out various phenomena in a sort of musical twilight, often operating on the border between sound and silence and beyond the well-tempered scale.
The micro-intervals' unusual in timbre, the tones smaller than a semitone, are not accidental grace notes: they belong to the harmonic series of the low bass notes used in the manner of scales. Together with the solo clarinet line the bass notes in turn constitute the framework for the rest of the orchestra. I do not, however, expect the listener to analyse. Rather, I would like to tempt the audience to let themselves get caught up in the twilight whirl. Twilight may in fact be bright, light dark, clouds hard and stones soft...
twilight whirl was written at the suggestion of Mikko Kauppinen with funds from the Wihuri Foundation.
© Hannu Pohjannoro, February 2000
(translated by © Susan Sinisalo)
hämäränpyörre ei ole myrksyisää musiikkia, vaan siinä kuulostellaan asioita eräänlaisessa musiikillisessa hämärässä: usein liikutaan äänen ja hiljaisuuden rajalla ja tasavireisen sävelasteikon ulkopuolella.
Soinniltaan tavanomaisesta poikkeavat mikrointervallit, puoliaskelta pienemmät sävelaskelet, eivät ole satunnaisia koristesäveliä, vaan ne ovat peräisin matalien bassoäänten yläsävelsarjoista, joita käytän asteikkojen tapaan. Bassoäänet puolestaan muodostavat yhdessä klarinetin soololinjan kanssa teoksen rungon, jonka ympärille muun orkesterin osuus kietoutuu. En kuitenkaan vaadi kuulijaa analysoimaan, vaan pikemminkin haluan houkutella hänet hämäränpyörteen vietäväksi: hämärä voikin olla kirkasta, valo tummaa, pilvet lujia, kivi pehmeää...
Teos on syntynyt klarinetisti Mikko Kauppisen aloitteesta ja Wihurin rahaston tuella.
© Hannu Pohjannoro, 2/2000
Instrumentation str:66442, cl solo
Instrument codes
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 |
Coding for instrument ensembles and orchestras
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 |
Category Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra
Premiere
Mikko Kauppinen, clarinet, Joensuu City Orchestra, cond. Atso Almila, Joensuu, March 11, 1999.
Commisioned by / dedications Commissioned by Mikko Kauppinen.
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