Synny!
(in English: Bring to Life! / Be Born! /
Originate! / Get Born! / Come into Existence!)
2020
10 min
Orchestral song No. 1
for soprano and orchestra
[from the song cycle of three orchestral songs Homo Sapiens (2020–2022, 27 min)]
Text from the collection of poems
Huuto ja syntyvä puu (1994)
by Harri Nordell (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 43 musicians:
solo soprano +
2(pic)22(bcl)2(cbsn), 2221, T+3 perc, hrp, strings 6-6-4-4-3
[2 Flutes (2nd Flute doubling Piccolo), 2 Oboes,
2 Clarinet in Bb (2nd Clarinet doubling Bass Clarinet in Bb),
1 Bassoon, 1 Contrabassoon, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C,
1 Tenor Trombone, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Tuba,
Timpani (1 player), Percussion (3 players), Harp,
6 I Violins, 6 II Violins, 4 Violas, 4 Cellos,
3 Double Basses (5 strings, lowest string B)]
Performances
Premiere:
on Friday October 2, 2020
TUULI LINDEBERG, soprano
FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
HANNU LINTU, conductor
[Kaisa Kortelainen, flute – Hanna-Kaarina Heikinheimo, flute/piccolo – Kyeong Ham, Francisco Almazán Alhambra, oboe – Han Kim, clarinet – Giuseppe Gentile, clarinet/bass clarinet – Otto Virtanen, bassoon – Arvid Larsson, contrabassoon – Jukka Harju, Péter Jánosi, french horn – Tomas Gricius, Miikka Saarinen, trumpet – Darren Acosta, tenor trombone – Matthew Winter, bass trombone – Ari-Pekka Kujala, tuba – Naoki Yasuda, timpani – Jerry Piipponen, Jani Niinimäki, Antti Ohenoja, percussion – Sivan Magen harppu – Jari Valo, Petri Aarnio, Paula Sundqvist, Zoltán Takács, Leena Jaakkola, Tarja-Leena Kircher, violin I – Laura Vikman, Kaisa Kallinen, Ville Koponen, Mirka Malmi, Jukka Pohjola, Helmi Horttana-Suoranta, violin II – Camilla Vilkman, Ezra Woo, Olli Kilpiö, Lauri Laasonen, viola – Joona Pulkkinen, Jukka Rautasalo, Timo Alanen, cello – Aapo Juutilainen, Erkki Tuura, Pekka Saarinen, double bass]
Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall
Mannerheimintie 13 A
Helsinki
The Society of Finnish Composers 75 years
https://yle.fi/aihe/tapahtuma/2020/10/02/the-society-of-finnish-composers-75-years
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
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing, conductor
Musica nova Helsinki Festival
Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall
March 10, 2023