Works
Soloists and orchestra
The Seasons of Love (2023)
clarinet and string orchestra
19'
1. Young Love (Spring-winter*)
2. Sacrament (Spring-summer*)
3. Fruit (Autumn-summer*)
4. New Dimensions (Autumn-winter*)
5. Epilogue
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
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 Loveis 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. The version for string orchestra was commissioned by the Kymi Sinfonietta.
*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.
Premiere: May 15, 2024
Kotka Concert Hall, Kotka, Finland
Kymi Sinfonietta, cond. Ruut Kiiski
Lauri Sallinen, clarinet
June 7, 2024
Silence Festival, Ojanperä Machine Hall, Kaukonen, Finland
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, cond. John Storgårds
Lauri Sallinen, clarinet
October 2, 2025
Karelia Hall, Joensuu, Finland
Joensuu City Orchestra, cond. Jukka Untamala
Lauri Sallinen, clarinet