Woodwind Quintet (Parts)
- Grade 5
SKU:
HL.255174
Wind
Quintet Parts.
Composed by Outi
Tarkiainen. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
42 pages. Duration 780
seconds. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #WH32984A.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.255174).
ISBN
9788759840092.
9.5x14.25x0.16 inches.
English.
Siimes is
my second wind quintet
and is based on the
saxophone concerto Saivo.
The title of the work
suggests an allegorical
hiding place deep in the
forest, from where one
can easily observe the
surrounding reality. The
first movement flows and
swirls like divingunder
water, at times changing
direction and always
bubbling merrily. The
second movement's
ethereal shimmering
culminates into the last
movements mighty chord
pillars that pile up on
one another like an ash
cloud. Siimes is
dedicated to Auriga Wind
Quintet's flautist Heli
Haapala, who commissioned
the work with the support
of the Sibelius
Foundation. -Outi
Tarkiainen.