Quarter-Tone Piano Concerto
2017
40 min
For quarter-tone piano and chamber orchestra
Commissioned by Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Dedicated to Elisa Järvi
Quarter-Tone Piano Concerto (2017)
Five excerpts from the world premiere performed by Elisa Järvi (quarter-tone piano) and Avanti! Chamber Orchestra conducted by Tomas Djupsjöbacka at PianoEspoo Festival, Helsinki In 2017
Instrumentation
Soloist and 28 musicians:
Solo Quarter-Tone Piano +
2 Flutes (2. flute doubling Piccolo),
2 Bb Clarinets (2. clarinet doubling Bb Bass Clarinet)
2 Bassoons (2. bassoon doubling Contrabassoon)
1 Horn in F, 1 Trumpet in C, 1 Tenor Trombone,
Timpani (1 player), Percussion (2 players), Harp,
I Violins (4 players), II Violins (3 players),
Violas (3 players), Violoncellos (3 players)
Double Basses (2 players) (Double Basses: 5 strings, lowest string B natural)
Performances
Premiere: Monday, November 6, 2017, 6 p.m.
”Ultra-chromaticism at the House of Nobility”
Concert is a part of PianoEspoo Festival 2017
Ritarihuone/The House of Nobility, Ritarikatu 1, Helsinki
Elisa Järvi, quarter-tone piano
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
(quarter-tone piano’s sound design: Libero Mureddu – flute: Kaisa Kortelainen – flute and piccolo: Heljä Räty – clarinet: Angel Molinos – clarinet and bass clarinet: Heikki Nikula – bassoon: Otto Virtanen – bassoon and contrabassoon: Yasuko Matsuzaki – horn: Tero Toivonen – trumpet: Tomas Gricius – trombone: Pasi Mäkinen – timpani: Naoki Yasuda – percussion: Tuija-Maija Nurminen, Tuomo Lassila – harp: Katilyne Roels, I violin: Jukka Rantamäki, Kati Rantamäki, Elisar Riddelin, Virpi Taskila – II violin: Paula Sundqvist, Tiina Paananen, Krista Jäänsola – viola: Tuula Riisalo, Jussi Aalto, Martta Wahlberg – cello: Jaakko Paarvala, Jukka Rautasalo, Liina-Mari Raivola – double bass: Timo Ahtinen, Eero Ignatius)
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor