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Haapanen: Flute Concerto; Ladies' Room; Compulsion / FRSO
Ondine

Haapanen: Flute Concerto; Ladies' Room; Compulsion / FRSO

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Details

Composer
HAAPANEN, PERTTU
Artist
Koyama, Juntunen, Lintu, Slobodeniouk
Format
CD
Label
Ondine
Released
Nov 01, 2019
Catalog #
ODE 1307-2
UPC
0761195130728

About

This new album by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra focuses on works by Perttu Haapanen (b. 1972), one of the most important and interesting Finnish composers of his generation. It includes a recently-written Flute Concerto with Yuki Koyama as soloist and conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk, and two other works conducted by Hannu Lintu: a song-cycle written for soprano Helena Juntunen and an orchestral work, Compulsion Island, written for the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Compulsion Island was written to a commission from the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and makes full use of the resources of a full-sized symphony orchestra. Haapanen creates a multi-layered and richly sonorous texture where extended instrument techniques play a significant and carefully considered role. Quiet, stagnant and expectant yet tense moments alternate with charged and punchy rhythmical passages that increase in force until the final culmination, followed by a subsiding, dreamlike and unreal epilogue. The Flute Concerto lasts about 25 minutes and is in a single movement divided into two halves featuring different materials, according to the composer. At the surface level, it comes across as a flexible and elastic structure consisting of several short sections in rapid succession, with contrasting moods either alternating or superimposed. The palette of sonorities is rich, augmented by extended instrument techniques and a number of rare sound sources such as a typewriter producing crisp rhythms and the absurd sounds of wheezing toys. Ladies’ Room for soprano and chamber orchestra was written to a commission from the Musica nova Helsinki festival. Originally written and premiered in 2007 by Helena Juntunen, it was revised by Haapanen in the following year. The texts come from a wide variety of sources: poems by conductor and mezzosoprano Jutta Seppinen, the Bible, Google, the archives of Scotland Yard and Paul Celan. Between them are four nonsense text settings that pay homage to Adolf Wolfli, an early 20th-century Swiss artist. The soprano part is highly demanding due to its wide range of vocal techniques which make Ladies’ Room a vocal virtuoso work where the virtuoso component is an integral part of the content.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Compulsion Island 15:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    Compulsion Island
    Duration
    15:49
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  2. 2 Musta sohva - 02:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    Musta sohva -
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Helena Juntunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  3. 3 Hommage à Adolf Wölfli I - 02:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    Hommage à Adolf Wölfli I -
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Helena Juntunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  4. 4 Lapsen elämää - 01:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    Lapsen elämää -
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Helena Juntunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  5. 5 Hommage à Adolf Wölfli II - 01:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    Hommage à Adolf Wölfli II -
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Helena Juntunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  6. 6 The Phoenix Force - 04:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    The Phoenix Force -
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Helena Juntunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  7. 7 Hommage à Adolf Wölfli III - 00:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    Hommage à Adolf Wölfli III -
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Helena Juntunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  8. 8 An invoice - 01:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    An invoice -
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Helena Juntunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  9. 9 Hommage à Adolf Wölfli IV - 00:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    Hommage à Adolf Wölfli IV -
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Helena Juntunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  10. 10 Käärmevaunuissa 02:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    Käärmevaunuissa
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Helena Juntunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  11. 11 eighth note = 66 - 14:49
    Track
    11
    Title
    eighth note = 66 -
    Duration
    14:49
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Yuki Koyama
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  12. 12 Quasi cadenza, poco rubato 12:18
    Track
    12
    Title
    Quasi cadenza, poco rubato
    Duration
    12:18
    Composer
    Perttu Haapanen
    Performer
    Yuki Koyama
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk