Piano
SKU:
FG.55011-753-2
Composed by Jyrki
Linjama. Classical,
contemporary. Book.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-753-2. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-753-2).
ISBN
9790550117532.
Jyrk
i Linjama composed Sonata
da chiesa I for piano as
a commission from the
Carinthischer Sommer
festival in Austria and
premiered by Juho
Pohjonen at Ossiach Abbey
in summer 2010. The title
alludes to the sonata
tradition of the Baroque
at its weightiest and
most solemn. The
polyphonic church sonata
with its strict adherence
to form for a long time
occupied an important
role in the liturgy (as
distinct from the sonata
da camera).
Linjama’s modern
application of this
tradition articulates
features of the liturgy:
breathing, bells, shades
of darkness and light.
The closed Miserere of
the opening movement
opens out in the middle
movements to let in
light, which the angelic
song of the last movement
once again encloses in
translucent twilight.
Each of the four
movements uses a medieval
melody as its
material.
Have a
look inside by clicking
“sample.
Duration: c.
14’.
