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nHIGHLIGHTS o r d i c 1/2015 n EWSLETTE r F r o M G E H r MA n S M U S i KFÖ r L A G & F E n n i c A G E H r MA n Focus on Kortekangas and Schnelzer Jüri Reinvere’s opera Peer Gynt NEWS New Swedish piano anthology Kyllönen at 60 This August Gehrmans will issue a new piano The Bergslagens Kammarsymfoniker have chosen Timo- anthology with 67 Swedish piano pieces from Juhani Kyllönen as their Composer-in-Residence for this the 18th century through modern times. It will year. This will mean performances of orchestral and cham- include classics by Roman, Peterson-Berger, ber works by him and a new orchestral commission. The Stenhammar and Larsson, but also pieces by year will culminate in a gala concert at the Cassels Concert contemporary composers such as Victoria Hall in Grängesberg, Sweden on 18 June. Borisova-Ollas, Daniel Börtz, Albert Kyllönen’s 60th birthday year will also be celebrated Schnelzer and Staffan Storm. The editors with a concert of his works at the Sibelius Museum in have also chosen to highlight a few of their Turku in November. own favourite pieces by neglected female com- posers such as Valborg Aulin, Elfrida Andrée Hakola & Puumala as Artistic Directors and Laura Netzel. The anthology is being Kimmo Hakola has been appointed the new Artistic prepared in collaboration with the Malmö Director of the Lux musicae festival and is planning Academy of Music, and is compiled by Profes- the programme for this year already. As its new Artistic sor Hans Pålsson, one of Sweden’s foremost Director the Kaustinen Chamber Music Festival has concert pianists, and Tina Sjögren, the editor ndreas Pålsson chosen Veli-Matti Puumala. The Uusinta Ensemble a Editor Hans Pålsson of the acclaimed anthology Svenska Romanser. performed music by Puumala at the festival’s focus con- Photo cert in January 2015. Music by Rautavaara on stage and at festivals Dafgård and Aho On 25 April, the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe is to compose for premiere Davide Bombana’s choreography Der Prozess, to the music of Einojuhani Rautavaara’s orchestral Angel of Anders Paulsson Dusk, Angel of Light and Angels and Visitations. Angel Both Jörgen Dafgård of Light has also been chosen as the music for the full-length and Kalevi Aho are com- ballet choreographed by Hans Henning Paar. The premiere posing soprano saxo- at the Münster Theatre will be on 23 January 2016. Rauta- phone concertos for vaara will also be represented at the Presteigne Festival in Anders Paulsson. Daf- the UK this year. The Festival Orchestra, conducted by gårds idea for his work uuli t George Vass, will perform his Suite for String Orchestra and i Rainbow Valley was born kk ei Canto III on 28–30 August, and the Choir of Royal Hollo- h from a vision of an all- encompassing love when way will sing Vespers from his Vigilia on 29 August. Photo: he was gazing out over a verdant valley between Aho’s Sieidi tours the world mountains in Italy. The Kalevi Aho’s percussion concerto Sieidi is blazing a trail across the world with Colin concerto is commissio- Currie as the soloist. It has already been performed more than 20 times since its premiere ned jointly by the Jön- in London in April 2012, in countries as far apart as the United States, Sweden, New Zea- köp ing and Västerås Photo: Kristian Pohl land, Australia, the Netherlands and Spain. It is scheduled for the Vienna Konzerthaus Sinfoniettas to be premiered in May 2016. The Chamber on 17 June, when Martin Grubinger will be its soloist for the first time with the Vienna Orchestra of Lapland will commission the Aho concerto, Symphony Orchestra. The conductor will once again beOsmo Vänskä. and the premiere is scheduled for November 2015. Staern’s busy spring nHIGHLIGHTS o r d i c 1/2015 Benjamin Staern is presently busy working on a Trumpet nEWSLETTEr FROM GEHrMAnS MUSiKFÖrLAG & FENNICA GEHrMAn Concertino for Filip Draglund and the Helsingborg Sym- Sound samples , video clips phony Orchestra, to be premiered on 26 April. and other material are available at The striking concert overture Jubilate will be heard at the Finnish Oulu Music Festival in March, and April will www.gehrmans.se/highlights see the US premiere of the piece by the APU Symphony www.fennicagehrman.fi/highlights conducted by Christopher Russell in Azusa, California. cover photos: Peer Gynt opera (Erik Berg), Following the successes in Gävle and Helsingborg Staern’s olli Kortekangas (Saara Vuorjoki/Music Finland), Polar Vortex – Symphony No.1 will receive yet another Albert Schnelzer (Hans Lindén) performance in April by the Norrköping SO under Michael Editors: Henna Salmela and Kristina Fryklöf Francis. The Stockholm Chamber Brass will include Translations: Susan Sinisalo and robert carroll aglund Staern’s brass quintet Two Souls, One Thought, as well as his design: Göran Lind h for solo trumpet and brass quintet on their iSSn 2000-2742 (Print), iSSn 2000-2750 (online) dam Confrontation Printed in Sweden by TMG Sthlm, Bromma 2015 a tour to Rostock, Germany and Roeselare, Belgium in May. Photo: H i ghl i ghts 1 / 2 0 1 5 Another Sandström Passion Sven-David Sandström has composed a St. John Passion to be premiered in Easter 2016 in Berlin. The texts P r E m ie r es to the libretto have been compiled by Jacob Holtze and contain, besides biblical excerpts, texts and quotations by Dante, Blake, Eliot, Joyce, Rilke, Grundtvig and Tranströmer, among others. The 100 minute Passion is a spring 2015 commission from the Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir, and scored for two male vocal soloists, choir, tuba and KALEVI AHO Törö string quartet. Petri Kumela, guitar • 5.2. Espoo, Finland Wind Quintet No. 2 Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin • 14.6. Berlin, Germany Haglund and Reinvere awarded MIKKO HEINIÖ Through Green Glass On 30 January Tommie Haglund received H. M. Patrik Kleemola, guitar • 23.3. London, UK the King’s medal, for his significant achievements in OLLI KORTEKANGAS The Return Swedish musical life, during a ceremony at the Royal tapiola Chamber Choir/hannu norjanen • 29.3. Helsinki, Finland Palace in Stockholm. Höstlig skärgård Jüri Reinvere received the cultural award of the Yl male Voice Choir/Pasi hyökki • 11.4. Helsinki, Finland Republic of Estonia for his opera Peer Gynt , com- KIMMO HAKOLA Re:Joy for organ missioned by the Norwegian National Opera and tuomas Pyrhönen • 12.5. Helsinki, Finland premiered in Oslo on 29 November. Designated ALBERT SCHNELZER Tales from Suburbia for outstanding creative achievements in the field of BBC SO/Kirill Karabits • 13.3. London, UK culture, the honour was awarded on 23 February at BENJAMIN STAERN Trumpet Concertino the University of Tartu. helsingborg SO/nazanin aghakhani, sol. Filip draglund • 26.4. Helsingborg, Sweden TOBIAS BROSTRÖM Theatron Anna Liisa on disc for two percussion soloists and orchestra dresdner Philharmonie/michael sanderling, The opera Anna Liisa by Veli-Matti Puumala, per- sol. Johan Bridger, Patrick raab • 16.5. Dresden, Germany formed by the Tapiola Sinfonietta and the Helsinki JONAS VALFRIDSSON The Temples of Kamakura Chamber Choir conducted by Jan Söderblom, is norrköping SO/michael Francis • 21.5. Norrköping, Sweden Finland to be released as a premiere recording by Ondine in C usi m March 2015. Singing the part of Anna Liisa will be i/ K o J Helena Juntunen in a cast that will also include Jorma Hynninen, Tanja Kauppinen and Ville Rusanen. N E W C D s aara Vuor s Based on the play of the same name by Minna Canth, Anna Liisa, premiered in 2008, is a powerful Photo: Kalevi Aho drama about infanticide and its consequences both Works for Solo Piano (19 Preludes, Three Small New agreement Piano Pieces, Two Easy Piano Pieces for Children, for the individual and the community. Sonatina, Solo II, with Matthew Whittall Sonata for Piano) sonja Fräki, piano Fennica Gehrman has signed a publishing agreement Bis-saCd-2106 with Matthew Whittall for the following orchestral works: The return of light, The Architecture of Happi- ness, Dulcissima, clara, sonans, The heaven that dwells so deep, Solen and Northlands. The agreement also includes selected chamber, instrumental and choral Veljo Tormis Laulusild works. Whittall (b. 1975) studied in his native Canada (Bridge of Song) and the United States before settling in Finland in Vox aurea/sanna salminen 2001. Music by him has been performed by, among alba nCd 50 “aalloilla” others, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and in Finland by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Veli-Matti Puumala Anna Liisa Helsinki Chamber Choir. In 2013 Matthew Whit- tapiola sinfonietta, helsinki Chamber Choir/ tall was awarded the Teosto Prize for his Dulcissima, nils schweckendiek, Jan söderblom, sol. helena Juntunen, Jorma hynninen, tanja Kauppinen and Ville rusanen. clara, sonans. ondine ode 1254-2d Forthcoming Heiniö premieres Mikko Heiniö’s new work Ilta (Evening), 11 dance songs for choir, clarinet and cello will be premiered in Turku on 9 September 2015. For this joint production commissioned by the ERI Dance Theatre and the Key Ensemble chamber choir, Heiniö has compiled a series of poems in different languages showing evening in various lights: in the glowing colours of love and sunset or in dark shades of death and moonlight. The choreography and stage direction are by Tiina Lindfors and the Key Ensemble will be conducted by Teemu Honkanen. Guitarist Patrik Kleemola has commissioned Heiniö to compose a solo work called Through Green Glass to be premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on 23 March. Heiniö has also been commissioned to write an Organ Concerto for the Cathedral Festival in Turku in 2016.