Pia Siirala 'Three Clarinets' (2022)
*World Premiere
Lucy Abrams-Husso, bass, e-flat and a-clarinets

Performed live May 22, 2022
Organo Hall, Helsinki Music Center
Fourth Doctoral Concert "Folk Clarinet"

Pia Siirala researches the personal song tradition of the indigenous Sakhalin, Kamchatka and Chukotka peoples of North East Siberia. The personal song is an integral part of the personal identity of these indigenous people. Given at birth to every child, the personal song becomes as fundamental to the person’s being as their name or the sound of their voice. Siirala created 'Three clarinets' using parts of the personal songs of four individuals from Chukotka: Neshkarultin (b. 1945) from the village of Konergino, Raughtit (b. 1945) from Sirenniki, Koravye (b. 1935) from Keperveem, and Vonne (b. 1940) from Us Belaya. After transcribing recordings of the personal songs taken during her field trips in 2009, 2016 and 2017, Siirala composed 'Three clarinets' combining specific musical parts of each personal song, her own musical ideas generated through her research of this indigenous tradition, and the sound qualities of the bass, E-flat and A clarinets.

For more on Lucy's doctoral research, including program notes for this concert, please visit www.lucyabrams.net

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