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Viola Concerto Nº 1 : for viola and symphony orchestra / Hanna Kulenty

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Viola and orchestra
Scoring: vla-solo 3fl 3ob 3cl 2fg fg-c 3trp 4h 3trb tb 5perc cemb pf str

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Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: cl-b perc

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Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
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Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: org 2perc

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