RÄISÄNEN

Tomi

Gatekeepers (2003/2010)

Past Performances

June 22, 2015 :: Heidy Huwiler, clarinet • Bosiljka Kulisic, accordion :: 20h00 :: Theater Pavillon Luzern (Spelterininweg 6) :: Luzern (Switzerland)

June 23, 2014 :: Djordje Kujundzic, clarinet • Ljubinka Kulisic, accordion :: 20h30 :: Aula Magna, Concervatorio della Svizzera Italiana :: Lugano (Switzerland)

Mar. 28, 2013 :: Renata Rakova, clarinet • Ljubinka Kulisic, accordion :: 20h00 :: Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana,  Aula Magna (via Soldino 9) :: Lugano (Switzerland) 

Jan. 10, 2013 :: Heidy Huwiler, clarinet • Bosiljka Kulisic, accordion :: 20h00 :: Hochschule Luzern Musik, Kammermusikpodium (Dreilindenstrasse 93) :: Luzern (Switzerland) 

Nov. 13, 2010 :: Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson, clarinet • Andrea Carola Kiefer, accordion :: Hangzhou Normal University :: 19h30 :: Hangzhou (China)

Nov. 11, 2010 :: Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson, clarinet • Andrea Carola Kiefer, accordion :: Changjiang University :: 19h30 :: Jingzhou (China)

Nov. 9, 2010 :: Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson, clarinet • Andrea Carola Kiefer, accordion :: Wuhan Conservatory of Music :: 19h30 :: Wuhan (China)

Sep. 2, 2010 :: Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson, clarinet • Andrea Carola Kiefer, accordion :: Sibelius Academy, Concert Hall (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9) :: 19h00 :: Helsinki (Finland)

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Duration 8 min.
First performance on September 2, 2010 in Helsinki, Finland by Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson, clarinet and Andrea Carola Kiefer, accordion

Programme Note

I participated in the Royaumont Voix Nouvelles composition course in 2003. For this event, the task was to write new experimental music theatre pieces. I imagined the two players in the medieval Royaumont Abbey acting as soldier-gatekeepers, examining and blocking musical material and textures. Soon it became clear that the music theatre theme was not so popular amongst the participants; I also scrapped the idea and wrote a purely instrumental work. However, the title stuck. :: Tomi Räisänen, 2022