Artistic components of the doctoral degree of Lucy Abrams-Husso
1st artistic component: doctoral concert: Imagined Models
November 2018, Organo Hall, Helsinki Music Center
Programme
Uljas Pulkkis: Aria for solo clarinet and piano (2002)
Markku Klami: Twirl for solo clarinet (2008)
Kirmo Lintinen: Rieha (‘Frolic’) for clarinet and piano (2009)
John Adams: Gnarly Buttons for clarinet and chamber ensemble (1996)
I. The Perilous Shore
II. Hoedown (Mad Cow)
III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
2nd artistic component: doctoral concert: ELOLLINEN
- September 2020 Organo Hall, Helsinki Music Center
Programme
Mason Bates: Life of Birds for flute, clarinet, violin and cello (2008)
I. Moving Parts
II. Parakeet Daydream
III. The Caged Bird Sings
IV. On a Wire: Mating Dance
V. Old World Fly Catcher
VI. Moving Parts
Augusta Read: Thomas Capricci ‘Hummingbird Romance’ for flute and clarinet (2011)
Jack Hughes Ripple: Reflected for clarinet and fixed media *World Premiere (2019)
Kaija Saariaho: Oi Kuu for bass clarinet and cello (1990)
Nina Young: Creeping Ivy for flute and clarinet (2013)
Ville Raasakka: Everyday Etudes No. 1: Garden for bass clarinet, object player and electronics (2015)
Lotta Wennäkoski: Limn for solo bass clarinet (2002)
Jukka Tiensuu: Plus II for clarinet and cello (1992)
3rd artistic component: recording DUEL
Released 8 April 2022, SibaRecords CD
Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner: Spellbound for clarinet and electronics (2006/2015)
Molly Joyce: Attack and Sustain for clarinet and pre-recorded electronics (2020) *Commissioned work
Riikka Talvitie: Seireenietydi for soprano, bass clarinet, and electronics (2005)
Minna Leinonen: Pheme for clarinet and fixed media (2011, rev. 2021)
Nina Shekhar: Honk if you Love Me for clarinet and electronics (2018)
Jovanka Trbojevic: Le fantôme du vent for bass clarinet, tape, and live electronics (1999)
Maija Hynninen: Earthship for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello and electronics (2015)
Carolyn Borcherding: Frenetic Disintegration for bass clarinet and fixed media (2018)
4th artistic component: Doctoral concert: Folk Clarinet
May 2022 Organo Hall, Helsinki Music Center
Programme
Kimmo Hakola: Diamond Street for solo clarinet (1999)
Pia Siirala: Three Clarinets for solo clarinets (2022) *World Premiere
Eric Mandat: Folk Songs for solo clarinet (1986)
I. Spirited; as if from a distant Appalachian Hill
II. Heavily, with a fuzzy, unfocused, breathy tone
III. Expansive; as if hurtling through space
IV. With devotion, like a prayer
V. Like a Flamenco dancer with St. Vitus Dance
David Del Tredici: Magyar Madness for clarinet and string quartet (2006)