In singleness...
Soprano and orchestra
Composed:
2007
Watch / listen
Eija Räisänen, soprano, Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, cond. Magnus Lindberg
Live recording from Avanti! Summer Sounds Festival, June 29, 2007
Score / parts
Instrumentation and duration
Original version:
Soprano and orchestra: 1.1.1.1/2.2.2.0/perc./harp/pno./Str: 6.6.4.4.2
Duration: 3 minutes
Alternative version:
Soprano and orchestra: 1.1.1.1/2.2.1.1/perc./harp/pno./Str: 5.4.3.2.1
First performance
Eija Räisänen, soprano, Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, cond. Magnus Lindberg, XXII Avanti! Summer Sounds Festival, Art Factory, Porvoo, June 29, 2007
Reflections
Concert review, published on Helsingin Sanomat by Hannu-Ilari Lampila
Composer's Notes
In singleness... was written for a workshop at Avanti! Summer Sounds 2007 Festival. The music is a setting to Sonnet No. 8 "Music to hear" by William Shakespeare. Due to the maximum duration of only three minutes given for the compositions, I had to omit the first chapter of the Sonnet No. 8 from the soprano part.
Experimenting with four-note all-interval chords when composing this work, I managed to find ways to bring together the pitch-class oriented harmonies and melodic motifs with my leaning onto somewhat neo-romantic qualities in music, to which I was drawn to at the time.