Korean composer Donghoon Shin will see a premier with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä. At the same time, Musica Nova will present a number of works by Lisa Streich (another ricordilab laureate) with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Tapiola Sinfonietta. Another focal point of the festival will be Australian composer Liza Lim, whose emphatic orchestral work on ecological irresponsibility – Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus – will be performed in Finland for the first time. All concerts will be streamed in accordance with Covid regulations.

Lisa Streich

MANTEL (2018)
for string orchestra and two percussion

05.02.2021 (NP); 11.02.2021
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Roland Kluttig (cond.), Musica Nova Helsinki

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AUGENLIDER (2015)
for prepared guitar & orchestra

10.02.2021 (NP)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ismo Eskelinen (Gitarre), Anna-Maria Helsing (cond.), Musica Nova Helsinki

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HÄNDEKÜSSEN (2019)
for baroque orchestra

11.02.2021 (NP)
The Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Thomas Djupsjöbacka (cond.), Musica Nova Helsinki

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Liza Lim

Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus (2018)
for twelve musicians

02.02.2021 (NP)
NYKY Ensemble, David Claudio (cond.), Musica Nova Helsinki

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Garden of Earthly Desire (1989)
for 11 instruments

08.02.2021 (NP)
Zagros Ensemble, Musica Nova Helsinki

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Donghoon Shin

The Hunter’s Funeral (2017)
for twelve players

17.02.2021 (NP)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (cond.), Helsinki Music Centre

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