Kolme puuta, kolme poikaa

(Three Trees, Three Sons)

for speaker, flute, oboe, clarinet, guitar, harp and piano

speakers, flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, harp and guitar

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A little less than two years ago my wife and I were invited to visit Viena-Karelia, which is an area (belonging to Russia) where much of our national epic, Kalevala, was collected. Echoes of that tradition still exist. We met a remarkable lady of 92, who for more than three hours told us old stories and fairy tales, sang ancient songs and poems – all of this delivered in a beautiful, old Finnish dialect, and with great vigour and humour. I have tried to capture some of our unforgettable experience in Kolme puuta, kolme poikaa, which is based on a very traditional, classic folktale, recently collected in Viena Karelia. Olli Mustonen

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Title:

Kolme puuta, kolme poikaa

(Three Trees, Three Sons)

for speaker, flute, oboe, clarinet, guitar, harp and piano

based on a karelian fairy-tale from the collection of Markku Nieminen

Language:

Finnish, English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2009

Duration:

18 ′

World Premiere:

July 13, 2009 · Kuhmo (FIN)
Kuhmo Arts Center
Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival 2009
Hanna Kinnunen, flute; Sole Mustonen, oboe; Päivi Kiljala, clarinet; Olli Mustonen, piano; Hanna Rantalaiho, harp; Ismo Eskelinen, guitar; Lasse Pöysti, speaker

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by the Juminkeko Institute