Oi Kuu

Publisher Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Helsinki
Category Works for 2-6 Players
Year Composed 1990
Duration 6 Minutes
Orchestration Bass clarinet and cello
Alternate Orchestration  bass flute and cello
Availability Sale

Programme Note
Oi Kuu (1990)

OI KUU (1990), freely translated “for a moon”, marks a small break between two large orchestral works, DU CRISTAL and ..À LA FUMÉE. It consists of elements which came to my mind when searching for a common denominator for bass clarinet and cello; harmony based on multiphonies of the clarinet; the multiphonies and colour transformations of the cello; similar and different articulations; different colours in the same register.

OI KUU was written at the request of Kari Kriikku and Anssi Karkttunen and is dedicated to them.

© Kaija Saariaho



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