In the Field: Finland Part 1

The latest installment of In the Field brings us to a country that  has  exported a dizzying list of big name composers and conductors in  the  last couple of decades: Finland.

We’ll talk with established composers  and rising stars about their music and the lasting influence of the  Sibelius Academy.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Produced by Jesse McQuarters

Kaija Saariaho: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Notes on Light, I (excerpt)

Orchestre de Paris/Eschenbach; Karttunen, vc.

Kalevi Aho: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, II (Presto)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Brabbins; Piet Van Bockstal, oboe

Esa-Pekka Salonen: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, III (Pulse II)

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Salonen; Josefowicz, v.

Lotta Wennäkoski: Love and Life of a Woman (excerpts)

Avanti Ensemble/Hanniakinen; Räisänen, s.; Rantanen, ms.

Osmo Tapio Räihälä: Barlinnie Nine (excerpt)

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tomi Räisänen: Stheno

Erik Bosgraaf, recorder tubes; Izhar Elias, Guitar

Kaija Saariaho: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Notes on Light, V

Orchestre de Paris/Eschenbach; Karttunen, vc.