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AMOR OMNIA – ALL-CONQUERING LOVE ( 1922)

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Lotta Wennäkoski, music, fp (Yle commission)

Production company: Suomi-Filmi Oy, Producer: Erkki Karu Director: Konrad Tallroth Script: Konrad Tallroth Director of photography: Kurt Jäger, Art director: Carl Fager Assistants: Armas Fredman, Armas Valen [Vallasvuo] Production manager: Carl Fager Editing: Konrad Tallroth, Kurt Jäger Still photographers: Kalle Havas, Kosti Lehtinen.

Cast: Ida Brander (Countess Hedvig Örn), Konrad Tallroth (Count Carolus Örn), John Precht (Lieutenant Henrik Loeven), Sara Järnefelt (Margaretha von Wildheim, Margit, Mary’s illegitimate daughter), Alex Biaudet (Carl-Johan Örn, Carl’s son), Greti Grey (Mary, Count Örn’s maid), Valentine Panjutin (Harriet Örn, Carl’s wife), BeateSofi Granqvist (Adèle von Wildheim), Eugen Kopkin (Carl Örn, son of Hedvig and Carolus Örn), Eero Leväluoma (Kristian, the Count’s valet), Edith Lamroth (the “fix it all” aunt). Shot in summer 1922. Helsinki premiere: Kino-Palatsi, 12 November 1922 Distribution: Suomen Biografi Osakeyhtiö. 18 fps / 86 min

No interval. The film ends at about 8.30 pm.

Amor omnia is part of a major Yle project commissioning music for Finnish silent feature films from five Finnish . Amor Omnia will be shown with the new music on the Yle Teema channel on 6 January 2013 at 4.30 pm.

1 AMOR OMNIA But living in a remote corner of the city was a poor old woman who, on hea- ring of the wedding, fainted with a cry. Konrad Tallroth (1872–1926), the son She then set off for the manor house. of a clergyman, was a leading figure in For she was the dismissed chamber Finnish theatre. During the last 13 yea- maid and the girl her daughter, i.e. the rs of his life he also turned to film, both bridegroom’s sister. The heart-broken at home in Finland and in productions young man went off to fight as a vo- made in the heyday of the Swedish lunteer and was mortally wounded. But film industry. his sister’s life was also cut short on his Tallroth introduced something of the deathbed, and they were buried in the professional expertise of the Nordic same grave. Written on their gravesto- film industry into the Finnish cinema. ne were the words AMOR OMNIA, and The salon drama had until then been with them ended the family of Örns.” a rare genre in Finnish cinema, but po- The acting was not exciting, the st- pular in the Danish and Swedish cine- rongest performances being given by ma of the 1910s. While reflecting the the veterans of the Swedish Theatre influence of the salon drama tradition, in Helsinki. The Count was played by Amor Omnia also proved that although Tallroth himself, the Countess by the Suomi-Filmi sought to distinguish it- Swedish-born Ida Brander (1857–1931). self above all with tales of a national Brander had been involved mainly with nature, it was also interested in supra- the Swedish Theatre ever since child- national subjects. hood, where she had been an unforget- The plot of Amor Omnia was summa- table Joan of Arc, Lady of the Camellias, rised by Tallroth, who himself wrote the Regina von Emmeritz, Hedda Gabler script, as follows: “The old Countess is and Lady Macbeth. Less experienced standing by a grave when along comes actors were cast in the other roles. Sara a young officer. She tells him how her Järnefelt was as charming on stage as son returned home from the world a she was as the model for the classic long time ago because his wife had paintings by her father, Eero Järnefelt, left him and taken their only child with but she remained a passive figure in him. To pass the time, he had amused the part of the tragic lover. himself with the Countess’s chamber maid. When they were discovered, the Antti Alanen (abridged) girl was dismissed, but she was already Source: Finnish National Filmography with child. The years rolled by, the son returned to his wife, and their son grew up. One day, he told his grandmother that he was in love, and the girl was ad- mitted to the family circle. All seemed to be going well, and preparations were already being made for their wedding.

2 DIMA SLOBODENIOUK THE FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY Dima Slobodeniouk combines his nati- ve Russian roots with the musical cul- ture of Finland, where he now makes The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra his home. He has been Artistic Director (FRSO) is the orchestra of the Finnish of the Korsholm Music Festival and of Broadcasting Company (yle). Its missi- the Oulu Symphony Orchestra (2005– on is to produce and promote Finnish 08). musical culture. Its Chief Conductor as Born in Moscow, he studied the vio- of autumn 2013 will be Hannu Lintu, lin in his native city under Zinaida Gilels following a season (2012/2013) as the and J. Chugayev between 1980 and orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor. 1989 and later at the The FRSO has two Honorary under Olga Parhomenko. It was also Conductors: Jukka-Pekka Saraste and at the Sibelius Academy that he com- Sakari Oramo. menced his studies, first in The Radio Orchestra of ten players the class of Atso Almila (1996–98) and founded in 1927 grew to symphony or- later also of and Jorma chestra strength in the 1960s. Its pre- Panula. He further studied with Esa- vious Chief Conductors have been Pekka Salonen and Ilja Musin and he Toivo Haapanen, Nils-Eric Fougstedt, received his conducting diploma with , Okko Kamu, Leif the very highest grade in 2001. Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and In addition to making guest ap- Sakari Oramo. pearances with Finnish , The latest contemporary music is Slobodeniouk will this season be con- a major item in the repertoire of the ducting such orchestras as the London FRSO, which each year premieres a Philharmonia, the Belgian National number of yle commissions. Another Orchestra, the Scottish National of the orchestra’s tasks is to record all Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Finnish orchestral music for the yle ar- Philharmonic Orchestra, the Oslo chive. During the 2012/2013 season it and Bergen Philharmonics and the will premiere six works commissioned Cincinnati and Baltimore Symphony by yle. Orchestras. The FRSO has recorded works by Among the items in Mr Eötvös, Nielsen, Hakola, Lindberg, Slobodeniouk’s discography are mu- Saariaho, Sallinen, Kaipainen, Kokkonen sic by Finnish Sebastian and others, and the debut disc of the Fagerlund with the Gothenburg Aslak Hetta by Armas Launis. Its Symphony Orchestra (BIS) and the discs have reaped some major distinc- Piano by Jukka Linkola with tions, such as the BBC Music Magazine the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and Award and the Académie Charles Cros pianist Henri Sigfridsson. Award. The disc of the Sibelius and

3 Lindberg Violin (Sony BMG) with Lisa Batiashvili as the soloist re- ceived the MIDEM Classical Award in 2008, in which year the New York Times chose the other Lindberg disc as its Record of the Year. The FRSO regularly tours to all parts of the world. During the 2012/2013 season it will be heading for Eastern Finland and Southern Europe. All the FRSO concerts both in Finland and abroad are broadcast, usually live, on yle Radio 1. They can also be heard and watched with excellent live stream quality on the FRSO website (yle.fi/rso).

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