red moon

Score / parts

Instrumentation and duration

String quartet

Duration: 18 minutes

Movements / sections

I. Introduction

II. Ignition

III. Illumination

IV. ad Infinitum

Commission / dedications

Commissioned by Uusinta Chamber Ensemble with support from Madetoja Foundation and Teosto Commission Fund

First performance

Uusinta String Quartet: Maria Puusaari, violin, Teija Kivinen, violin, Max Savikangas, viola, Markus Hohti, cello, Suså Festival, Grønnegade Barracks Arts Centre, Næstved, Denmark, September 4, 2011

Reflections

Composer's Notes

red moon was commissioned by Uusinta Chamber Ensemble. Being my first work for a string quartet, I wanted to stay away from getting in panic with the burden generated by the enormous repertoire written for this ensemble throughout the centuries. Of course, one needs to be aware of the past and the history of this ensemble of an almost transcendent beauty, fragility and overwhelming power, all simultaneously.

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red moon is a string quartet in a single movement, divided into four sections entitled Introduction, Ignition, Illumination and ad Infinitum.

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I want to thank Uusinta Chamber Ensemble for this great opportunity to write a new work for the top-of-the-line Finnish string quartet and Madetoja Foundation and Teosto Commission Fund for financial support towards this commission.