Score - Grade 5
SKU:
HL.255172
(2015). Composed
by Outi Tarkiainen. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
150 pages. Duration 2700
seconds. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #WH33009.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.255172).
ISBN
9788759839959.
12.0x16.5x0.66 inches.
English.
Outi
Tarkiainen's The Earth,
Spring's Daughter - A
Song Cycle for
Mezzosoprano and Chamber
Orchestra (2015). Spiral
bound. Texts (in English
and Sami) by Rose-Marie
Huuva, Rauni Magga
Lukkari, Timo Malmi, Aila
Meriluoto, Leena
Morottaja and Nils-Aslak
Valkeapaa. Transl. by
Veikko Holmberg. Compiled
by Outi Tarkiainen.
Program note: Eanan, gida
nieida (in Engl. The
Earth, Spring's Daughter)
is a mythical epos
illustrating the core
experiences of the North
from the history to our
times. The text is a vast
collage of Sami poetry -
the Sami people being the
only indigenous people in
the Europe. The strong
mutual bond between the
generations and the Sami
culture's cyclical
perception of time are
present also in the
structure of the work:
the music unfolds in
layers and cycles, to be
born again and again. The
work was commissioned by
three northernmost
professional orchestras
in Europe: Lapland
Chamber Orchestra (FIN),
Norrbotten Chamber
Orchestra (SWE) and
Arctic Philharmonic
(NOR). Dedicated to John
Storgards and Ulla-Maija
Kanerva. First
performance: Lapland
Chamber Orchestra
1.9.2016, cond. John
Storgards, Virpi
Raisanen, mezzosoprano.
Parts are available on
hire: hire@ewh.dk.