composer
General: Hanna Kulenty was born on March 18, 1961 in Białystok (Poland).
Education: From 1980 to 1986, she studied composition with Włodzimierz Kotoński at the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw. From ...
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Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
pf
Tracery : bass clarinet and four percussion players, 1979 / Rob du Bois
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments:
cl-b 4perc
Quintet : voor fluit, viool, altviool, cello en harp, 1928 / Leo Smit
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments:
fl hp vl vla vc
Trio : fluit, gitaar, altviool, 1975 / Hans de Heer
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Instruments:
fl g vla
composition
Stretto : for flute, clarinet, guitar and violoncello, 1998 / Hanna Kulenty
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