Markku Klami | Composer
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
Markku Klami's Cinque miniature presents itself as miniaturist musical genre paintings, as the name of the composition might suggest. The musical elements holding the miniatures together – pedal points, asymmetric rhythmics, extensive use of triplets, repetitive motifs – all these suggest that all these miniatures were painted in the same situation, as variations of the same atmosphere.
The cyclical unity of the composition is intensified further by the fact that each miniature opens with tones that end the preceding miniature, and also by the fact that the first and last tone of the composition are the same.
PERCHITARRASOLA album review, published on Classical Guitar Magazine by Paul Fowles
April 2013
Fielding a mixed Finnish and Italian programme, the youthful and evidently able Patrik Kleemola is the dedicatee of all the items on offer. [--] With two exceptions, it all starts to sound more or less the same within a short time of hitting the 'play' button.
The first oasis, which is the Cinque miniature by Markku Klami, remains a somewhat austere creation but achieves some degree of accessibility on the grounds of brevity.
PERCHITARRASOLA album review, published on Turun Sanomat by Tomi Norha
April 20, 2012
Of all the compositions, I find Markku Klami’s Cinque miniature the most effective — it is moderately idiomatic, versatile, and yet cohesive.
Concert review, published on Turun Sanomat by Tomi Norha
October 15, 2006
The most compelling part of Massimo Felici's concert was Cinque miniature by Turku-based composer Markku Klami — a stylish and cohesive work. Klami demonstrates a fine ability to evoke a wide range of characters and to make full use of the guitar’s distinctive qualities.
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.