Sat 27.5.2017 at 19
\nMusic House, concert hall<\/p>\n
Olari Elts<\/strong>, conductor Karita Mattila shot to international fame after winning the Cardiff Song Contest in 1983, when Avanti! was also founded. The musical phenomena of the boom have crossed paths ever since. In May, Mattila and Avanti, led by Olari Elts, will join forces at Helsinki’s Helsinki Music Centre in a concert supported by the Pro Musica Foundation, premiering a new work for orchestra by Lauri Kilpi\u00f6, commissioned by the Foundation.<\/p>\n “The sonic characters in my upcoming orchestral piece are mainly sounds and textures, sometimes built up from non-compositional noise. However, my work is not sound art, but motivic music. This means that the piece is based on a limited set of recognisable and strong musical characters, which are repeated, developed, transformed and juxtaposed in different ways during the composition. I also want my music to be long, intense and, at certain key points, strongly culminating. These are all, in fact, symphonic qualities in music. So perhaps you could say that I try to make music that is symphonic in nature, without melodic themes. <\/p>\n Is my orchestral work a symphony then? I don’t know yet, maybe not, let’s see. But does this question really matter?”-Lauri Kilpi\u00f6 <\/p>\n The concert opens with 4’33”<\/em> by John Cage ,<\/em> considered a classic example of non-musical or conceptual music. After the premiere, the concert continues with songs by the luminous soprano Karita Mattila, which play on the many notes of love: longing, betrayal, romance and happiness. French singer Henri Duparc’s songs are distinguished by a subtle longing and sensuality. Sibelius and Runeberg glorify young love in the song Flickan kom ifr\u00e5n sin \u00e4lsklings m\u00f6te<\/em>, in which a girl is betrayed. In the Rydberg song P\u00e5 verandan vid havet<\/em>, the tense silence expresses a yearning for eternity, while in the Runeberg song V\u00e5ren flyktar hastigt<\/em>, the mere memory of spring encourages love. <\/p>\n
\nKarita Mattila<\/strong>, soprano<\/p>\n