Kaija Saariaho and Anssi Karttunen
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Sun 16 Mar 202520:15 - 22:20Interval 21:05Grote Zaal
Program
16.30 / Foyerdeck 1 / Panel
Panel by Shane Burmania with Verneri Pohjola and Tuomas Norvio
19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 / Pre-concert talk
Pre-concert talk by Frederike Berntsen with Mioko Yokoyama and Vasco Mendonça
19.45 / Entrance hall / Pop-up concert
Kaija Saariaho Sept papillons
by Efstratia Chaloulakou (cello student of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam) and Katia Milano (cello student of the Royal Conservatoire The Hague)
20.15 / Grote Zaal / Main program
Vasco Mendonça Three Speeches and a Technique
Kaija Saariaho Notes on Light
Mioko Yokoyama New work (world premiere)
Kaija Saariaho Quatre Instants
Credits
Asko|Schönberg
Ernest Martínez Izquierdo conductor
Anssi Karttunen cello
Karen Vourc’h soprano
Barbara Kozelj mezzo-soprano
The Saariaho Festival’s closing concert spotlights the unique friendship between cellist Anssi Karttunen and Kaija Saariaho. The highlight is the cello concerto Notes on Light. After the premiere in 2007, The Boston Globe wrote enthusiastically: ‘At work from the start is Saariaho’s sensitive ear and highly individual feel for orchestral colour’. Asko|Schönberg brings fresh dimensions to Saariaho’s world with a work by her last ‘student’ Vasco Mendonça, and a window into her fascination with Japan, presented with brand new work by Mioko Yokoyama.
Anssi Karttunen, who paid tribute to Oliver Knussen at the Muziekgebouw in 2023, and Kaija Saariaho have known each other since the time they both moved to Paris in the 1980s. They became good friends and Karttunen has been involved in all of Saariaho’s cello works ever since. The 2006 cello concerto Notes on Light is the ultimate musical expression of their connection. ‘Saariaho uses many of her signature extended techniques, including notes purposefully crushed with the bow until they resemble noise’, wrote The Boston Globe.
This concert will be broadcast live by NTR on NPO Klassiek
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Programme booklet (Dutch)
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