Wide

by Sampo Haapamäki

for clarinet, piano, violin, viola and violoncello

Instrumentation

cl, pno, vln, vla, vlc

Category

Chamber Works

Premiere

Asger Henriksen, clarinet, Joachim Olsson, piano, Christine Michaela Pryn, violin, Thorarinn Mar Baldursson, viola, Frederik Waage, cello, Ung Nordisk Musik, Reykjavík, September 6, 2002.

Program note

At the time I was composing the work WIDE I was interested in making my picture of the musical world wider. I wanted to challenge the borderlines of my personal comprehension of a musical form by incorporating into the same work materials that are foreign to each other. The work thus exploits different kinds of materials and style situations. I was fascinated by the idea of always finding new areas of musical discovery. I let my mind be free to invent and bring forth ideas that even seemed to be daring. On a more detailed level I tried to create a richly progressing, lively, musical music.

© Sampo Haapamäki (2003)

Archive number

MF17647

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