Tribute to Kaija Saariaho — Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Aliisa Neige Barrière : With the Orchestre de Paris and Ensemble intercontemporain at the Philharmonie de Paris / Isabelle Soulard, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Soulard, Isabelle, film director.

Cherrier, Sophie, performer.

Karttunen, Anssi, performer.

Camera Lucida.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 44 min., 12 sec.)) : sound, color.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Camera Lucida, 2024.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

In honor of the great Kaija Saariaho, who left us in 2023, her illustrious compatriot Esa-Pekka Salonen and her daughter Aliisa Neige Barrière lead a stirring all-Finnish program at the Philharmonie de Paris with works by Sibelius, Magnus Lindberg, and—of course—Saariaho herself, joined by the Orchestre de Paris and the Pierre Boulez-founded Ensemble intercontemporain, longtime collaborators of Saariaho. The program's first half pairs Saariahio with the best-known Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius, whose moving tone poem The Oceanides evokes a mythologically-inflected vision of the sea. Saariaho's Aile du songe, conducted by her daughter Barrière, is a showcase for flutist Sophie Cherrier, inspired by the ever-present breath of the instrument and what she called its "timbral possibilities that befit my musical language." Notes on Light, on the other hand, gives Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen a chance to show the possibilities of Saariaho's favorite instrument in a sonic universe uniquely her own. The evening closes on Magnus Lindberg's Kraft, a "sound barrage for large orchestra" (The New York Times) whose use of electronics—in its composition and performance—reflects the spirit of innovation and fearless risk-taking for which the Ensemble intercontemporain and Kaija Saariaho are known and celebrated.

Contents:

Aile du songe / Kaija Saariaho

The Oceanides, Op. 73 / Jean Sibelius

Notes on Light / Kaija Saariaho

Kraft / Magnus Lindberg.

Participant:

Sophie Cherrier, flutist ; Anssi Karttunen, cellist.

Notes:

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Saariaho, Kaija. Aile du songe.

Container of: Sibelius, Jean. The Oceanides, Op. 73.

Container of: Saariaho, Kaija. Notes on light.

Container of: Lindberg, Magnus. Kraft.

OCLC:

1461919738

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Restricted for use by site license.