Instrumental music. Selections --à la fumée. Nymphea.
Notes:
The first work is for symphony orchestra; the second, for alto flute, cello, and symphony orchestra; the third, for string quartet and electronics, with a text by Arseniy Tarkovski (English trans. by Kitty Hunter-Blair) whispered by the instrumentalists into a microphone wired to a sound sampler. Petri Alanko, alto flute (2nd work) ; Anssi Karttunen, cello (2nd work) ; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (1st-2nd works) ; Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, John Sherba, violins ; Hank Dutt, viola ; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello) (3rd work). Recorded at Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, Nov. 1990 (1st work) and Nov. 1992 (2nd work). 3rd work recorded Jan. 1989. Editions recorded: Edition W. Hansen, Copenhagen. Compact disc. Durations: 16:40; 21:13; 1839 Program notes in Finnish with English, French, and German translations (26 pages : ports.) in container.
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