related works

Musique Surrealistique : for soprano, clarinet and piano / music and text by Hanna Kulenty Majoor

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr cl pf

Q.M. (Quantum Mystery) : for ensemble / Petra Strahovnik

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: ob cl fg h vn vla vc db

Sur-itinéraire : for ensemble / Silvia Borzelli

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl(pic) ob cl(cl-b) perc pf vl vla vc

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

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

composition

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

Other authors:
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