$POA
This item may be available to purchase from the Australian Music Centre.
Please contact our Sales Department to confirm pricing and availability.
Work Overview
Kolme laulua ikävästä is an anthology of three songs, the texts for which were written by Kirsi Reinikka, a talented Finnish artist, photo journalist and writer who, along with her family, now lives in Brisbane. She was my first Finnish language teacher when I began my studies here in Australia. The overall feeling behind all the texts is one of sadness and longing.
In the first, I have played on the alternation of major/minor tonality to give an unstable, questioning sense. In the second, at times the harmonies are stark without the satisfaction of musical resolution. In the third, there are two ideas: the single/unison tone (the becoming of one, melded together by pitch and rhythm but speaking with an individual timbre) and harmony (two separate/independent entities that forever move in either consonance or dissonance as the creator chooses).
Work Details
Year: 2002
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB unaccompanied choir.
Difficulty: Medium
Contents note: 1. Kun hän lähtee -- 2. Sydän hiljenee yöksi -- 3. "Y".
Dedication note: Dedicated to Kirsi and Reijo
User reviews
Be the first to share your thoughts, opinions and insights about this work.
To post a comment please login.