Outi Tarkiainen THE SEASONS OF LOVE (string version)

THE SEASONS OF LOVE EDITION WILHELM HANSEN WH33643

for Clarinet and String Orchestra

(2023)

Outi Tarkiainen

THE SEASONS OF LOVE

for Clarinet and String Orchestra (2023)

Duration: c. 19 min.

Commissioned by the Kymi Sinfonietta..

First performed by Lauri Sallinen, clarinet and Kymi Sinfonietta on July 18, 2024.

Copyright © 2023 Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S, Copenhagen

Music engraving in Sibelius

Publisher’s editor: Katrine Gregersen Dal

Edition Wilhelm Hansen, A/S Bornholmsgade 1A 1266 København K Denmark

www.wisemusicclassical.com

Instrumentation

Clarinet in A Strings (min. 4,3,3,2,1)

Score in C

1.YoungLove(Spring-winter)

2.Sacrament(Spring-summer)

3.Fruit(Autumn-summer)

4.NewDimensions(Autumn-winter)

5.Epilogue

There are eight seasons in the Sámi annual round: spring, summer, autumn and winter, plus spring- winter, spring-summer, autumn-summer and autumn-winter, in between the two main seasons as their names indicate.

Composer’s Note

A life-long intimate relationship is increasingly rare these days Young love is solemnly sanctified, but if not before, many marriages stumble beneath the weight of the hectic family years. Those who survive the storms of early autumn have to regroup as the children fly the nest. The finiteness of life begins to dawn on people in the depths of winter.

The Seasons of Love celebrates the power of love that changes with life’s seasons. I have dedicated it to the love of my life, Lauri Sallinen, my husband and the father of my children. The Seasons of Love is at the same time a sort of portrait of him – at different stages in life, in the past and the future – as a clarinettist and person; just as he is, as I love him. There are also some echoes in the Quintet of my Polar Pearls concerto for chamber orchestra.

Notation

General

Accidentials apply throughout the bar. Tremolo should always be as dense as possible. When marked wt trills should be played up a whole-tone. Otherwise trills should be played up a semitone. When vibrato markings are not specified, players can use their usual vibrato or use their own judgment. All glissandi should start immediately at the beginning of the note value. The grace notes with a crossing line should be played before the beat. The grace notes without a crossing line should be played on the beat.

Strings

quarter tone, between natural and sharp

quarter tone, between natural and flat

change very gradually from one sound or one way of playing (etc.) to another