“Through rites of passage, a group of people repeatedly renews their sense of self and of belonging, while reinforcing the social nature of individuals,” said the anthropologist Émile Durkheim. The same can be said of Avant’s Riitti concert, which reaches from the solemnity of the Baroque to the futuristic celebrations of the 20th century. They prepare the listener for the birth of Jukka Tiensuu’s new electric cello concerto.
Mon 18.4.2016 at 19
Temppeliaukio Church
Chamber Orchestra Avanti!
Juho Laitinen, cello
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro pezzi per tromba sola I
Henry Purcell: The Queen’s Funeral March
Pierre Henry: Variations pour une porte et un soupir: 4. Eveil
Jukka Tiensuu: Kalasi
Pierre Henry: Variations pour une porte et un soupir: 8. Comptine
Henry Purcell: Pavane & Chacony
Otto Luening: Low Speed
Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro pezzi per tromba sola II
Marin Marais: Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont de Paris
Jukka Tiensuu: Story Opera Ballet: Concerto for Electric Cello and Ensemble n.d.
In the embrace of music, everything a person needs. From nursery rhyme to funeral and resurrection. Excitement, calm, celebration and abandonment. The electricity of the cello. The brilliance of trumpets. The dance, the sighs and the bells. A sweet symbiosis of the old and the new. (Jukka Tiensuu)
Tickets from Lippupiste 27,50€/17,50€
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