Rakkautemme (2022)

säveltäjä composer

Rakkautemme (2022)

(in English: Our Love)

10'

orchestral song No. 3

for soprano and symphony orchestra

[from the song cycle of three orchestral songs

Homo Sapiens (2020–2022, 27min)]

soloist and 79 musicians:

solo soprano +

3(pic)3(eh)3(bcl)3(cbsn)/4331/T+3/hrp/pno/strings 14-12-10-8-6:

[2 Flutes, 1 Piccolo, 2 Oboes, 1 English Horn, 2 Clarinet in Bb, 1 Bass Clarinet in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 1 Contrabassoon, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in C, 2 Tenor Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Tuba, Timpani (1 player), Percussion (3 players), Harp, Piano, 14 I Violins, 12 II Violins, 10 Violas, 8 Cellos, 6 Double Basses (5 strings, lowest string B)]

text from the collection of poems

'Idän musta joutsen' (2009)

by Ville Hytönen

(in Finnish)

commissioned by

the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle) /

the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Dedicated to Tuuli Lindeberg

on Friday March 10, 2023

TUULI LINDEBERG, soprano

FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ANNA-MARIA HELSING, conductor