I stället för vingar

Four songs for poems by Eva-Stina Byggmästar

Fennica Gehrman

Instrumentation

mezzo, cl+bcl, perc, db

Category

Vocal and Choral Works

Language

Lyricist

Eva-Stina Byggmästar

Premiere

Erica Back, mezzo-soprano, Heikki Nikula, clarinet, Antti Ohenoja, percussion and Sampo Lassila, double bass. February 5, 2017, Helsinki

(First versions of songs 2 and 3 were already premiered in 2014 in Copenhagen as part of a stage project "Kropumulig")

Movements

1. En sån, 2. Men under, 3. I stället för vingar, 4. Fågelmänniska

Commisioned by / dedications

Commissioned by Svenska Litteratursällskapet

No sheet music available from Music Finland.

Title

Works

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