This new album by Lapland Chamber Orchestra conducted by John StorgÃ¥rds is dedicated to works by one of the most exciting Finnish composers of her generation, Outi Tarkiainen (b. 1985). This album, first of it's kind with Tarkiainen's orchestral works, includes two works with mezzo-soprano Virpi RÃ¤isÃ¤nen and saxophonist Jukka Perko as soloists. Tarkiainen has quickly risen to Finland's contemporary music scene and her works have already been performed by the BBC Philharmonic (an orchestral work by her was premiered at the BBC Proms in 2019) and by several North American and Nordic symphony orchestras, including the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Tarkiainen has written several works that are strongly connected to the Northern landscape of Lapland and the culture of it's SÃ¡mi habitants. The song cycle The Earth, Spring's Daughter is based on texts by SÃ¡mi writers and also her saxophone concerto Saivo, is based on SÃ¡mi mythology.

Tracklist:

The Earth, Spring's Daughter: Prologue
The Earth, Spring's Daughter: No. 1, The Earth, Spring's Daughter
The Earth, Spring's Daughter: No. 2, In These Cold Lands We Migrate
The Earth, Spring's Daughter: No. 3, Our Father's Estate Is Divided Up Today
The Earth, Spring's Daughter: No. 4, This Late Evening Hour
The Earth, Spring's Daughter: No. 5, Not So Straight
The Earth, Spring's Daughter: No. 6, Come And I Will Show You Secretly These Paths
The Earth, Spring's Daughter: No. 7, I Inscribe These Images
The Earth, Spring's Daughter: Epilogue
Saxophone Concerto "Saivo": I. Image Of You
Saxophone Concerto "Saivo": II. In The Water
Saxophone Concerto "Saivo": III. In The Ashes
Saxophone Concerto "Saivo": IV. Reflection
Saxophone Concerto "Saivo": V. Fissure

UPC: 761195135327
Label: Ondine
Release Date: 8.7.20
Format: CD

Tarkiainen / Raisanen / Storgards - Earth Spring's Daughter (CD)