Harp, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-911-6
Composed by Einojuhani
Rautavaara. Classical,
contemporary. Score and
part. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-911-6. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-911-6).
ISBN
9790550119116.
Pian
o reduction for
Einojuhani Rautavaara's
Concerto for harp and
orchestra (2000)
available for the first
time (2024)! This product
includes also the solo
part edited by Kalen
Smith.
The
composer tells about the
three-movement work: The
concerto is in three
movements. After the
orchestral introduction,
the harp leads into a
gradually thickening
texture that progresses
into a series of powerful
culminations. Once these
subside, the expansive
motifs of the
introduction return. The
solo is echoed by two
harps in the orchestra: I
wanted the magnificent
sound to be multiplied.
The simple melody in the
second movement is
coloured in a very
archaic way by the
orchestra; we might
imagine the performance
of a troubadour or a bard
in ancient times. The
finale is festive,
'solenne'. It presents
the combined sonority of
the three harps at its
most colourful and
melodic.
Duration:
23'
Orchestra:
2222-4220-12-2hp-str
(performance material is
available for hire from
the
publisher).
The
study score is available
for sale
(M042091586).
Eino
juhani Rautavaara (9.
October 1928 � 27.
July 2016) is
internationally one of
the best known and most
frequently performed
Finnish composers. He was
by nature a romantic,
even a mystic, as is
often apparent from the
titles of his works: for
example Angels and
Visitations for orchestra
or his double-bass
concerto Angel of Dusk.
Despite Rautavaara�s
label of mysticism he was
a complex and
contradictory figure
whose works cannot be
categorized in stylistic
terms.
