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Virtaperko: Romer's Gap / Kivilaakso, Rautiola, Knif
Ondine

Virtaperko: Romer's Gap / Kivilaakso, Rautiola, Knif

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Details

Composer
VIRTAPERKO, OLLI
Artist
Kivilaakso, Knif, Rautiola, Jyvaskyla Sinfonia, Matvejeff
Format
CD
Label
Ondine
Released
Oct 13, 2017
Catalog #
ODE 1305-2
UPC
761195130520

About

This exciting new release in the field of contemporary music includes three new concertos by Finnish composer Olli Virtaperko (b. 1973). The concertos are combining multiple styles from Baroque to prog jazz as well as different performance practices. Romer’s Gap is a concerto for electrically amplified cello featuring as soloist Perttu Kivilaakso, best known as lead cellist in the multi-million selling rock band Apocalyptica.

Ambrosian Delights is a concerto for the knifonium, a vacuum-tube-based analogue synthesiser created by Jonte Knif. Multikolor, written for Joonatan Rautiola, is a single-movement work for baritone sax and small chamber orchestra.

Composer Olli Virtaperko has enjoyed a multi-faceted career. He studied composition, the Baroque cello and early music performance practice at the University of Edinburgh and at the Sibelius Academy, and on the other hand he was also a vocalist in one of Finland’s most popular rock groups, Ultra Bra. Virtaperko’s musical background feeds directly into his work as a composer, which includes heavy-duty solo concertos and orchestral works but also a number of works for Baroque and Renaissance period instruments and for his own early music group, Ensemble Ambrosius.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. - Cadenza 10:19
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. - Cadenza
    Duration
    10:19
    Composer
    Olli Virtaperko
    Performer
    Perttu Kivilaakso
    Ensemble
    Jyväskylä Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Ville Matvejeff
  2. 2 II. — 11:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    11:01
    Composer
    Olli Virtaperko
    Performer
    Perttu Kivilaakso
    Ensemble
    Jyväskylä Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Ville Matvejeff
  3. 3 III. — 07:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    07:08
    Composer
    Olli Virtaperko
    Performer
    Perttu Kivilaakso
    Ensemble
    Jyväskylä Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Ville Matvejeff
  4. 4 Multikolor 16:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    Multikolor
    Duration
    16:22
    Composer
    Olli Virtaperko
    Performer
    Joonatan Rautiola
    Ensemble
    Jyväskylä Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Ville Matvejeff
  5. 5 I. Fat and Filth - Cadenza - 06:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Fat and Filth - Cadenza -
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Olli Virtaperko
    Performer
    Jonte Knif
    Ensemble
    Jyväskylä Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Ville Matvejeff
  6. 6 II. Ambrosian Delights - 05:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Ambrosian Delights -
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Olli Virtaperko
    Performer
    Jonte Knif
    Ensemble
    Jyväskylä Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Ville Matvejeff
  7. 7 III. Passacaglia - 04:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Passacaglia -
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Olli Virtaperko
    Performer
    Jonte Knif
    Ensemble
    Jyväskylä Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Ville Matvejeff
  8. 8 IV. More is More 10:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. More is More
    Duration
    10:10
    Composer
    Olli Virtaperko
    Performer
    Jonte Knif
    Ensemble
    Jyväskylä Sinfonia
    Conductor
    Ville Matvejeff