Chamber music

The Way There... (Is Sand Or Some Other Sounding Substance) (2009)

wind quintet
11'

I Allegro furioso – Adagio
II Largamente
III Con moto
IV Allegro – Adagio – Allegro

The Way There... (Is Sand Or Some Other Sounding Substance) consists of four miniature movements, each of which features a different instrument in the leading role. The whirring scenes of the first and last movements are framing the lyrical second and the undulating third movement. The title of the work has its origins in Finnish poet Sirkka Turkka's melancholy yet hopeful poem Tämä surumieli (This sorrowing mind) from the anthology Vaikka on kesä (1983). The Way There... is dedicated to the wind quintet Pasaati, who also commissioned the piece. Publisher: Uusinta Publishing Company.

Premiere: December 22, 2009
Mission Church, Helsinki
The Pasaati Wind Quintet

February 7, 2010
Lauttasaari Church, Helsinki
The Meteora Wind Quintet

February 10, 2010
Turku, Finland
The Meteora Wind Quintet

February 14, 2010
Rauma, Finland
The Meteora Wind Quintet

September 15, 2010
Rovaniemi, Finland
Lapland Chamber Orchestra Wind Quintet

September 16, 2010
Muonio, Finland
Lapland Chamber Orchestra Wind Quintet

May 25, 2011
Inaugural Concert of Korundi House of Culture
Rovaniemi, Finland
Lapland Chamber Orchestra Wind Quintet

June 14, 2013
Kallio-Kuninkala Chamber Music Festival, Järvenpää, Finland
Zagros Ensemble

February 9, 2014
Vaasa, Finland
Vaasa City Orchestra Wind Quintet

February 28, 2016
Helsinki Music Centre Organo Hall, Finland
The Helmikvintet Wind Quintet

February 8, 2017
Jyväskylä City Hall, Finland
Jyväskylä Sinfonietta Wind Quintet

October 21, 2017
Colori Wind Quintet
Porvoo Church, Finland

October 24, 2017
Colori Wind Quintet
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland

November 18, 2017
Studion Konsert & Kongress, Linköping, Sweden
Crusellkvintetten, Östgötamusiken

August 23, 2020
Helsinki Festival
Yle Teema (TV broadcast without live audience)
The Helmikvintet Wind Quintet

November 4, 2021
Esbjerg Ensemble
Cafe Orsted, Esbjerg, Denmark

April 2, 2025
Windhoek International Wind Festival
Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik, Trossingen, Germany
Students from the HfM Trossingen, Germany