Estimated duration

1 h

Organizer

Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia

Living in the shadow of immense global challenges, there is a feeling of always being at the edge of two polarities — on the brink of catastrophe while also surrounded by excess. In this program we humbly present an offering, a prayer for warm life, that floats between these distant points — day, life, joy; night, death, pain. The composers on this program all exist in this middle space, using music as a means of making sense of the overwhelming world around us, often choosing a reconciliation between nature and culture as a possible point of healing. 

Performers

  • Taavi Orro, clarinet
  • Robert Fleitz, piano

Programme

  • Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes (1977): Mat’Selesnya for prepared piano and corrugates (2022)
  • Mirjam Tally (1976): Warm Life at the Foot of the Iceberg for clarinet and piano (2014/2016)
  • Salvatore Sciarrino (1947): Let me die before I wake for clarinet in Bb (1982)
  • Raimonda Žiūkaitė (1989): Sielvartas for piano and tape (2022)
  • Minna Leinonen (1977): Pheme for clarinet in Bb and fixed media (2011)
  • Pēteris Plakidis (1947-2017): Night Conversations for clarinet and piano (1992)
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu (1953): Pieces in Bird Shape for clarinet and piano, op. 18 (1984)

Further information: Eeva Hohti, eeva.hohti@uniarts.fi

Young artists of summer 

The concert series presents recent graduates and students of the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki who have excelled in their studies. 

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