Clarinet, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-733-4
Suite for clarinet and
piano. Composed by
Ilkka Kuusisto.
Classical. Score & part.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-733-4. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-733-4).
ISBN
9790550117334.
Ilkk
a Kuusisto's raucous and
technically somewhat
challenging suite for
clarinet and piano
Kissalan Aapelin
soitteita (Aapeli of
Kissala plays the
Clarinet) is a musical
portrait gallery of the
Seven Brothers by
playwright Aleksis Kivi.
They all get musical
pictures played by
Aapeli, a character also
appearing in the play.
Musical motives are
derived from the
characteristics of the
main persons, ie. the
movement Tuomas is in
slow tempo, as if
portraying the
trustworthiness of stable
Tuomas. Aapo's Menuetto
may refer to the
characters abilities to
tell stories. Simeoni
wrestles with the Devil,
as he does in the book
with both alcohol and in
his religious beliefs.
Eero, the youngest of the
brothers is portrayed in
a fast polka. The suite
was commissioned by Tapio
Lotjonen for specifically
for piccolo clarinet. In
this volume the solo part
is published both in
B-flat and E-flat
transpositions, as
prepared by the composer.
Contents: 1. Jussin
polska * Jussi's polska
2. Tuomas 3. Menuetti
Aapolle * A Menuetto for
Aapo 4. Simeoni ja
Perkele * Simeoni and the
Devil 5. Timon Masurkka *
Timo's mazurka 6. Laurin
marssi * Lauri's march 7.
Eeron polkka * Eeros's
polka.
