Rakkautemme
(in English: Our Love)
2022
10 min
Orchestral song No. 3
for soprano and symphony orchestra
[from the song cycle of three orchestral songs
Homo Sapiens (2020–2022, 27 min)]
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
Premiere:
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing, conductor
Musica nova Helsinki Festival
Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall
March 10, 2023
Instrumentation
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)]
Performances
On Friday March 10, 2023
TUULI LINDEBERG, soprano
FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ANNA-MARIA HELSING, conductor
Musica nova Helsinki Festival
Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall
Helsinki
more info:
https://yle.fi/aihe/tapahtuma/2023/03/10/musica-nova-helsinki-festival
https://musicanova.fi/en/event/finnish-radio-symphony-orchestra-anna-maria-helsing-tuuli-lindeberg/
Videos & audio
Premiere:
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing, conductor
Musica nova Helsinki Festival
Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall
March 10, 2023