Labyrinth

by Tuomas Kettunen

for clarinet in Bb, viola & piano

Description

”Labyrinth” was commissioned by PAUHA-trio in 2024, as part of their concert tour with the theme “Paris & London”. The other works on the tour program were related to these two cities in one way or another, and Paris was chosen as my starting point.

I started composing by circling seven stations on the Paris metro map that were located near places that were memorable and meaningful to me. After this, I “routed” each of the three instruments from one station to another so that the instruments’ route intersected at one of the stations. These routes and the places surrounding them serve as a starting point for how the mood and other elements of the music develop as the piece progresses.

The idea of a labyrinth is also present in the piece on other levels – in the music you can hear twisting and winding textures that repeatedly return to the same points and hesitantly continue in new directions. The form can be thought of as a journey during which familiar things slowly change, merge, disappear, and take on new meanings.

Instrumentation

cl, vla, pno

Category

Chamber Works

Premiere

22.7.2024, Pyhäjoki, Finland

Commisioned by / dedications

Commissioned by PAUHA-trio

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Archive number

MF36058

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