The Art-Music, Literature and Linguistics Forum
March 29, 2024, 03:28:31 am
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
News: Here you may discover hundreds of little-known composers, hear thousands of long-forgotten compositions, contribute your own rare recordings, and discuss the Arts, Literature and Linguistics in an erudite and decorous atmosphere full of freedom and delight.
 
  Home Help Search Gallery Staff List Login Register  

Joonas Kokkonen

Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: Joonas Kokkonen  (Read 90 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
greek
Level 4
****

Times thanked: 15
Offline Offline

Posts: 495


View Profile
« on: July 05, 2022, 07:32:26 am »

Joonas Kokkonen was born in Iisalmi in 1921.

He sought to implement a focal idea of building a whole work out of a limited number of embryo cells: the entire motivic material being presented in the very first bars with everything thereafter based upon it. Herein lies the cornerstone of his organic symphonic thought.

He gave us four grand symphonies and three string quartets:

------

- First string quartet (1959). There are three movements, given in three separate files.

It was performed by the Jean Sibelius quartet:







------

- Second string quartet (1966). There are four movements, given in four separate files. 

I. Passacaglia: Allegro
II. Intermezzo: Allegro comodo
III. Introduzione ed Allegro vivace: Andante - Allegro vivace
IV. Epilogo: Molto adagio

It was performed by the Melos quartet:









------

- Third string quartet (1976). There are three movements, given in three separate files.

I. Allegretto
II. Allegro
III. Adagio

It was performed by the Jean Sibelius quartet:







------

Report Spam   Logged

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter


Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by EzPortal
Bookmark this site! | Upgrade This Forum
SMF For Free - Create your own Forum


Powered by SMF | SMF © 2016, Simple Machines
Privacy Policy