Description

For custom string quartet or / for 3 violins and violoncello

There are 17 miniatures in this work, and 3 degree of difficulty: for beginners (nr. 1 to 6), for level II (nr. 7 to 12), and for level III, advanced (nr. 13 to 17)

Instrumentation

2vln, vla, vlc

Category

Chamber Works, Pedagogical Works

Opus no.

op.8

Premiere

(Op. 8b) Finlandia Sinfonietta, cond. T. Nicolau, Myyrmäki Church, 3 February, 2002Fp. (Op. 8) Hyvinkää Music School: SEMA-quartet, LARE-quartet and MM-quartet, 12 October, 1997.

Movements

17 movements:1. Käki – The Cuckoo, 2. Kissa –The Cat, 3. Sammakko – The Frog, 4. Aasin kyydissä – Donkey Ride, 5. Karhu – The Bear, 6. Hyttysjahti – Mosquito Hunt, 7. Lasten leikki – Childrens Play, 8. Lasten loru – Childrens Babble, 9. Transilvanialainen teema – Transilvanian Theme, 10. ”Joc”, 11. Vanha höyryveturi – Old Steam Locomotive, 12. Miekkailu – Sword Fight, 13. Laulelma – Little Song, 14. Valssi – Valse, 15. ”Siciliano”, 16. ”Giocco Capriccioso”, 17. ”Prelude”

Commisioned by / dedications

Op. 8 Commissioned by the Finlandia SinfoniettaOp. 8b Commissioned by the Hyvinkää Music School.

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Archive number

MF19264

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