Cinque miniature
Guitar
Composed:
2006
Watch / listen
PERCHITARRASOLA – Finnish and Italian music for guitar
Patrik Kleemola, guitar
World premiere recording
Pilfink Records (2012)
Score / parts
Instrumentation and duration
Guitar
Duration: 6 minutes
Commission / dedications
Dedicated to Patrik Kleemola
First performance
Patrik Kleemola, guitar, Castle of Carlo V, Monopoli, Italy, April 7, 2006
World premiere recording
PERCHITARRASOLA - Finnish and Italian music for guitar - Patrik Kleemola, guitar (Pilfink Records, Finland, 2012)
Reflections
Album liner notes, published on Kleemola's PERCHITARRASOLA album, by Juha Torvinen
PERCHITARRASOLA album review, published on Classical Guitar Magazine by Paul Fowles
PERCHITARRASOLA album review, published on Turun Sanomat by Tomi Norha
Concert review, published on Turun Sanomat by Tomi Norha
Composer's Notes
April 2024
Cinque miniature was composed for Patrik Kleemola between 2005 and 2006, alongside other projects. This short solo guitar piece received its premiere in April 2006 at the Castle of Charles V in Monopoli, Italy, performed by Kleemola. Since then, it has traveled the world in his repertoire, and to my great delight, many other guitarists have also taken the piece into their programs.
The piece received its first recording in 2012 on Kleemola’s debut solo album PERCHITARRASOLA – Finnish and Italian music for guitar (Pilfink Records, 2012).
Over the past two decades, Cinque miniature has become my most frequently performed work—played by professional guitarists and students alike across the globe.