Harpsichord
SKU:
FG.55011-499-9
Composed by Jyrki
Linjama. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-499-9. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-499-9).
ISBN
9790550114999.
Sona
ta da chiesa III was
commissioned by Petteri
Pitko, who played the
first perfor-mance in
Kemionsaaren
Musiikkijuhlat in the
summer of 2016. The
sonata has three
movements, each of which
has a definite liturgical
character and a choral
tune as a can-tus firmus.
Hence the music can be
performed either in a
concert or as a part of
liturgy.
From
the composer's foreword:
The first movement,
Kyrie, has got an
introvert mood. The
choral melody is veiled,
an indirect part of
arpeggiated texture. The
Gloria is open, even
brilliant: the cantus
firmus is worked out to a
virtuosic, dance-like
texture. The third
movement closes the music
by means of polyphony and
bird singing. Concerning
the harpsichord, for me
it is essen-tial not to
use equal temperament:
the possibility to play
with pure or almost pure
in-tervals is crucial to
the sound, having very
high and strong
overtones.
Duration c. 12'.