related works

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

Chacun à son tour : quatre pièces pour flûte, hautbois et harpe, 1983 / Cor de Groot

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl ob hp

Introduction, theme and variations : for violin and guitar, 1983 / Henk Badings

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: g vl

How to be an Italian / Hoe : for accordion, 12 harps and woman's voice, 1995 / text: Judith Herzberg, Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Voice and large ensemble
Scoring: female voice acc 12hp

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