BIS
Darkness In Light
$21.99
Details
- Composer
- FAGERLUND, SEBASTIAN
- Artist
- Kuusisto, Lintu
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- BIS
- Released
- Apr 14, 2015
- Catalog #
- BIS-2093
- UPC
- 7318599920931
About
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
The style in which the Finnish composer Sebastian Fagerlund composes might be described as ‘magic realism’, combining elements of surrealism with factual narrative. Drawing upon the symphony orchestra’s full spectrum of colours, the music reflects not only the traditions of impressionism, modernism and post-minimalism but also reveals the composer’s acute ear for other genres, from cool jazz to ambient music. An earlier recording of orchestral works by Fagerlund was described by the enthusiastic reveiwer in BBC Music Magazine as displaying 'boundless technical resource at the service of a considerable imagination'. These qualities, and his receptivity towards different musical traditions Fagerlund shares with Pekka Kuusisto, to whom the violin concerto Darkness in Light is dedicated. The title of the work is a subtle reference to a quote from author Haruki Murakami’s novella Firefly: ‘Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it’, and illustrates how the music transcends distinctions: darkness and light, tonality and atonality, orchestra and soloist, destruction and renewal – there cannot be one without the other. The disc closes with the orchestral work Ignite, composed for the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra which performs it here, under its chief conductor Hannu Lintu. The work takes its name from the constant collision of ideas that ‘ignites’ new energy, but in terms of form the inspiration has been the spiral, a shape found in DNA and mussel shells as well as in whirlwinds and the structure of galaxies. With a duration of 30 minutes, the work is organized in four movements separated by brief interludes – all of which are played without interruption.
The style in which the Finnish composer Sebastian Fagerlund composes might be described as ‘magic realism’, combining elements of surrealism with factual narrative. Drawing upon the symphony orchestra’s full spectrum of colours, the music reflects not only the traditions of impressionism, modernism and post-minimalism but also reveals the composer’s acute ear for other genres, from cool jazz to ambient music. An earlier recording of orchestral works by Fagerlund was described by the enthusiastic reveiwer in BBC Music Magazine as displaying 'boundless technical resource at the service of a considerable imagination'. These qualities, and his receptivity towards different musical traditions Fagerlund shares with Pekka Kuusisto, to whom the violin concerto Darkness in Light is dedicated. The title of the work is a subtle reference to a quote from author Haruki Murakami’s novella Firefly: ‘Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it’, and illustrates how the music transcends distinctions: darkness and light, tonality and atonality, orchestra and soloist, destruction and renewal – there cannot be one without the other. The disc closes with the orchestral work Ignite, composed for the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra which performs it here, under its chief conductor Hannu Lintu. The work takes its name from the constant collision of ideas that ‘ignites’ new energy, but in terms of form the inspiration has been the spiral, a shape found in DNA and mussel shells as well as in whirlwinds and the structure of galaxies. With a duration of 30 minutes, the work is organized in four movements separated by brief interludes – all of which are played without interruption.
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 I. Energico - 11:59
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Energico -
- Duration
- 11:59
- Composer
- Sebastian Fagerlund
- Performer
- Pekka Kuusisto
- Ensemble
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hannu Lintu
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2 II. Lento intenso - 08:34
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Lento intenso -
- Duration
- 08:34
- Composer
- Sebastian Fagerlund
- Performer
- Pekka Kuusisto
- Ensemble
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hannu Lintu
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3 III. Bruscamente 05:15
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Bruscamente
- Duration
- 05:15
- Composer
- Sebastian Fagerlund
- Performer
- Pekka Kuusisto
- Ensemble
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hannu Lintu
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4 I. Presto, furioso - 04:09
- Track
- 4
- Title
- I. Presto, furioso -
- Duration
- 04:09
- Composer
- Sebastian Fagerlund
- Ensemble
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hannu Lintu
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5 Interlude I: Espressivo - 00:50
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Interlude I: Espressivo -
- Duration
- 00:50
- Composer
- Sebastian Fagerlund
- Ensemble
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hannu Lintu
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6 II. Energico, molto ritmico - 07:00
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Energico, molto ritmico -
- Duration
- 07:00
- Composer
- Sebastian Fagerlund
- Ensemble
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hannu Lintu
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7 Interlude II: Espressivo - 01:05
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Interlude II: Espressivo -
- Duration
- 01:05
- Composer
- Sebastian Fagerlund
- Ensemble
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hannu Lintu
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8 III. Lento misterioso, molto calmo - 11:38
- Track
- 8
- Title
- III. Lento misterioso, molto calmo -
- Duration
- 11:38
- Composer
- Sebastian Fagerlund
- Ensemble
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hannu Lintu
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9 Interlude III: Intenso - 00:36
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Interlude III: Intenso -
- Duration
- 00:36
- Composer
- Sebastian Fagerlund
- Ensemble
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hannu Lintu
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10 IV. Esaltato 04:13
- Track
- 10
- Title
- IV. Esaltato
- Duration
- 04:13
- Composer
- Sebastian Fagerlund
- Ensemble
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hannu Lintu