• Kaija Saariaho
  • Saarikoski-laulut (orchestra version) (2020)
    (Saarikoski Songs)

  • Chester Music Ltd (World)

Commissioned by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director

Please note that the version for voice and piano cannot be used to prepare the orchestra version. Please contact us for a vocal score of the orchestra version.

  • S + 1(afl)+pic.1+ca.1+bcl.1+cbn/2.1.0.0/timp.perc/cel/str
  • S/pf
  • Soprano
  • 24 min
  • Pentti Saarikoski
  • Finnish
    • 11th January 2025, Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
    • 12th January 2025, Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
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Programme Note

Saarikoski-laulut, Saarikoski Song Cycle
- Luonnon Kasvot (The faces of nature)
- Jokaisella on tämänsä (Everyone from now on will have their own)
- Kaikki tämä (All of this)
- Minussa Lintu ja Käärme
- Sumun läpi

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Features

  • Kaija Saariaho’s Poetic Montages
    • Kaija Saariaho’s Poetic Montages
    • From the very beginning of her career as a composer, Kaija Saariaho has turned to poetry as a material and inspiration for her music. The forms and logics of poetry have played a defining role in her output since then.

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