Description

Joye is a miniature or an orchestral fanfare, essentially bright throughout and aphoristically pithy. The title alludes to the ancient French word meaning “bliss” and “Fortune”, and my intention was to load the piece with all the elation and recklessness that flash through a person in a moment of intense happiness. The sombre, sturdy chord pillars at the beginning surge into a landscape in which first the clarinets, then the oboes and finally the trumpets lead the music to mighty ferment and a clarity that suffuses all.

- Outi Tarkiainen

Instrumentation

2222 2200, perc

Category

Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble

Premiere

Pori Sinfonietta, cond. Janne Nisonen in Promenade Hall, Pori, Finland on December 6, 2017

Commisioned by / dedications

Commissioned by the Pori Sinfonietta

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