French Horn
SKU:
HL.50600659
For
Horn in F. Composed
by Osmo Tapio
Räihälä. Brass
Solo. Classical.
Softcover. 8 pages.
Sikorski #SIK8832.
Published by Sikorski
(HL.50600659).
8.25x11.75x0.046
inches.
“Many
ideas come to us in the
middle of the wee hours,
and especially after a
good dinner and a good
drink. The following day
is a merciless sieve:
only the best ideas
survive. Writing
'Soliloque 2: La tornade'
was one of those ideas
that endured the light of
the following day, after
I had spent a good
evening with my friend
Jukka Harju, a master of
french horn, in April
2012. He realized that
needed a new, shortish
solo piece for his
concert on the Nordic
Hornfest in Norway, and
after a quick and
imprudent thought, I said
'yes' when he wanted me
to write it. Knowing that
Jukka's bravura is his
fantastic cantabile and
more silent sounds, I
wanted to introduce the
other end of his
virtuosity, that is, his
ability to shape music
constructed of quicker
passages. After numerous
get-togethers where we
tried different views and
angles, the piece was
duly finished for the
premiere in early August
2012. It might be signed
by me, but it was
definitely made better by
Jukka's umpteen questions
and proposals.â€
(Osmo Tapio
Räihälä).