related works

Rainbow 3 : for piano and two wind instruments, 2003 / Hanna Kulenty

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Wind ensemble and keyboard instrument (3-8 players)
Scoring: fl(fl-a) cl-b pf / trp trb pf / cl cl-b pf / fl(fl-a) fg pf

Walk-over : for ten instruments, 1990 / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: cl 2fg 2acc 3g vla cb

Mercimisha : for trombone, cymbal and bass trombone, 2006 / Guus Janssen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: trb trb-b cymb

Two Reels and an Air : for pan flute and guitar / Guus Janssen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: panfl gt

composition

Stretto : for flute, clarinet, guitar and violoncello, 1998 / Hanna Kulenty

Author(s):
Kulenty, Hanna (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): (Premiere: September 21, 1999 - Music Academy Warsawa - Mikael Helasvuo, Kari Kriikku, Jukka Savijoki and Anssi Karttunen).

As the title suggests Stretto, this composition is written on the basis of 'tightening' a certain melodic theme, which on the basis of a fugato appears in different instruments according to the scale model, E - F sharp - F - G - G sharp - B flat - A - B - B flat - C - B - C sharp - D - E - E flat - F - F sharp etc. The tightening is so 'effective' that only the first sounds of the themes remain, giving the 'clean' scales (models), which in quick unison progress weave in and out of one another in different keys up to a culmination. - HANNA KULENTY