Chamber ensemble and
piano
SKU:
FG.55011-828-7
Composed by Iiro Rantala.
Classical, jazz. Study
score. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-828-7. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-828-7).
Iiro Rantala's
Veneziana for chamber
ensemble and piano
(2021-2022) is a 50
minute long program about
all things Venice; how
famous composers were
affected by the city, how
they affected the city
and became part of the
Venetian Story –
told with an Iiro twist.
The meeting of Prokofiev
and Diaghilev turns into
a real nutcracker ballet
Romeo and Steve, whilst
Mozart loses his mojo
when visiting Venice.
Monteverdi starts and
Verdi completes the waltz
boom - and Sibelius finds
his national romantic
melancholy
again.
Veneziana
is scored for wind and
string quintets and a
pianist. This product is
a study score (A4 sized,
spiral bounding). The
performance material is
available for hire from
the
publisher.
Content
s:
1. Gondol Ride to
St. Mark’s
Square
2. Romeo and
Steve
3. Monteverdi
and His Ideas
4.
Vivaldi’s
ADHD
5. Sibelius in
Venice
6. Mozart Loses
His Mojo
7. Casanova
and Lorenzo
8. Morte a
Venezia
Iiro
Rantala (b. 1970) is a
pianist, a composer, and
most likely Finland's
best known jazz musician
internationally. Rantala
is also known for his
compositions for musicals
and the tv-shows he has
hosted. In addition
Rantala has composed
music for films,
television and more
recently, for the stage.
Rantala’s second
opera, Die Zaubermelodika
was a commission by the
Komische Oper Berlin. His
double concerto Joy of
Life has been programmed
by numerous orchestras.
The fast-and-furious
Seven o’clock
Overture has been dubbed
as Finnish Candide
Overture.
