Unda

by Cecilia Damström

for piano

Description

For this new solo piano piece inspired by water, I chose the Latin word “unda”
as its title, which means wave, ripple, water, or stream. “Unda” tells
the story of what has happened to many freshwater bodies over the past
100 years: many pure freshwater bodies have been polluted by dioxin and
later restored to their original state with much effort. In this piece, I
describe the two chemical formulas: first, water (H₂O) represented by
the notes B, B, and F# (the German notation for B natural is H), and
then the intruder, dioxin (C4H4O2), represented by the chord B-C-F#-B-C
in both hands. The dioxin travels through all registers and is
eventually slowly filtered out until we return to the pure state of
water.

Instrumentation

pno

Category

Works for Solo Instrument

Opus no.

op. 88

Premiere

Niklas Pokki, piano, Mänttä Music Festival, July 31, 2024, Mänttä, Finland

Commisioned by / dedications

Commissioned by the Mänttä Music Festival

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