We are delighted that Sveriges Radio P2 is partnering with us in 2025, as their commissioned work by Jonatan Sersam will result in a premiere at our festival.
The new piece by Jonatan Sersam has a setting for clarinet and string trio and will be performed by Karin Dornbusch, Cecilia Zilliacus, Ylvali McTigert Zilliacus and Kati Raitinen.
Jonatan’s comment after the composition is finished:
“In Edith Sitwell’s poem, which forms the basis for Britten’s “Still Falls the Rain” – performed alongside my piece – there is a line that gave me much to ponder:
Still falls the Rain
With a sound like the pulse of the heart that is changed to the hammer-beat
Although the poem uses rain in a symbolic, metaphorical, and probably quite dramatic sense, I chose to contemplate the very transformation of the sound itself. How rain begins, first in a whisper, then intensifies, and finally, becomes indistinguishable from the individual drops. How rain can have a regular pulse, almost a steady fall, or simply be a furious mass crashing down. If you truly listen to the rain, you might allow the sound to become heartbeats, hammer strokes, harmonic pizzicatos, or light tremolos.
In the first movement, the music leads into different “tone modules,” interrupted by a sweeping gesture, perhaps like a flock of birds suddenly rising far away. The gesture draws nearer, and ultimately sweeps us into the second movement. This movement begins with tone drops in the strings, and a kind of horizon in the clarinet, which develops into deep, rumbling chords and darker music.
The third movement is a perpetuum mobile – a persistent rain of notes. Sequences where the notes refuse to come in the same order twice, over an unstable intonated bass line. Much like the first movement’s upward gesture, everything is swept upward into the highest register and finally disappears – much like a rain that fades away.”
Frontside Chamber Music Association has existed since 2019 and is largely driven by volunteer efforts, but we are highly dependent on additional financial sponsors and fundings. All contributions are used to engage fantastic musicians, rents of venues and all other things that make the festival a magical experience.
If you are interested in chamber music that goes beyond the ordinary, you should become a member! As a member, you are invited to the association’s annual meeting and participate in electing the board. You can also suggest activities for the association, thereby influencing future festivals and other events we organize. You also have the opportunity to volunteer during the festival, allowing you to enjoy wonderful chamber music without paying an entrance fee.
How do I become a member and support Frontside? Submit your information in the form below and pay the membership fee, and we will register you as a member immediately. Please also indicate which chamber music you love the most. Together with your personal information, this helps us better understand who our members are. How we handle your information can be read under the GDPR section.
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