Sat May 27th 2017 at 7 pm
\nMusiikkitalo, concert hall<\/p>\n
Olari Elts<\/strong>, conductor Karita Mattila was catapulted to international attention when she won the singing contest Cardiff Singer of the World in 1983. As chance would have it, Avanti! was founded the same year, and the paths of these two veritable phenomena of Finnish music have crossed later, too. In May, Mattila and Avanti! conducted by Olari Elts join forces in an end-of-season concert that will also see the premiere of a new orchestral work by composer Lauri Kilpi\u00f6. The piece has been commissioned by Pro Musica Foundation, which also supports the concert. <\/p>\n “The driving sonic forces of my upcoming orchestral piece are mostly timbres and textures, some of which are formed by noises of an indefinite pitch. Irrespective of this, my piece is not sound art but motive-driven music. What this means is that it is composed of a limited amount of musical entities that recur, develop, change and become juxtaposed in the course of the piece. Equally important to me is that my music has long arcs, intensity and moments of climax. Indeed, one could say that I aim at composing music that is symphonic in nature but without melodic themes. <\/p>\n Is my piece, then, a symphony? I do not know yet; we shall have to wait and see. But does this question even matter that much?” – Lauri Kilpi\u00f6.<\/p>\n The pieces to be performed by Mattila portray the feelings of love and longing in the lightness of spring. French composer Henri Duparc’s songs are filled with elegant saudade and sensuality. The damsel in Jean Sibelius’s song \u201cFlickan kom ifr\u00e5n sin \u00e4lsklings m\u00f6te\u201d falls victim to an infidel lover. In Rydberg’s \u201cP\u00e5 verandan vid havet\u201d the pregnant silence expresses omnipresent longing, whereas in \u201cV\u00e5ren flyktar hastigt\u201d by Runeberg the mere memory of spring encourages to love. Contentment of the heart, then again, shines through Robert Schumann’s symphony \u201cSpring\u201d: for the that time newly-wedded composer the season is swarming with signs of romance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NOTE: The concert program has changed. The information is updated on Jan 23rd 2017. <\/p>\n
\nKarita Mattila<\/strong>, soprano<\/p>\n