Violin part
Outi Tarkiainen
THE SEASONS REMEMBERED for Violin and Piano (2023)
Commissioned for the XIII
International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, 2025
Outi Tarkiainen
THE SEASONS REMEMBERED for Violin and Piano (2023)
Commissioned for the XIII
International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, 2025
Copyright © 2024 Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S, Copenhagen
Music engraving in Sibelius
Publisher’s editor: Rasmus Koppelhus
Edition Wilhelm Hansen, A/S Bornholmsgade 1A 1266 København K Denmark
www.wisemusicclassical.com
otation
General
Tempo markings: many factors can affect the choice of tempi. The metronome marks shown are approximate, for guidance only.
Accidentials apply throughout the bar. Tremolo should always be as dense as possible. Trills should be played up a semitone, unless otherwise specified (wt = wholetone). When vibrato markings are not specified, players can use their usual vibrato or use their own judgement.
Violin
The final decision of bowings is left to the violinist.
Piano
Use the pedal according the nature of the textures.
Duration: c. 7’ 30 minutes
Composer’s ote
I composed The Seasons Remembered for the XIII International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition and it is an offshoot of the opening movement Young Love (Spring-winter) of my Clarinet Quintet The Seasons of Love The seasons were different in the north, where I lived as a child: the bitterly cold mid-winter weeks and the cool summers are deeply engraved on my body memory, and the new seasons brought by climate change feel unfamiliar. The Seasons Remembered is music of flowing emotions and memories, of flashbacks to the past and of torrents cascading into an unknown future.
O.T.