Rautavaara & Sibelius | NDR Youth Orchestra | Elbphilharmonie | NDR

In the concert program "The Baltic Sound", the NDR Youth Symphony Orchestra and Stefan Geiger juxtapose Einojuhani Rautavaara's "Cantus Arcticus", his "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra", with Jean Sibelius' "Valse Triste".
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Cantus Arcticus op. 61 00:00
"Concerto for Birds and Orchestra"
1. Suo (Swamp) 00:01
2. Melankolia (Melancholy) 06:56
3. Joutsenet muuttavat (Migrating Swans) 11:08
JEAN SIBELIUS
Valse Triste op. 44 17:45
Stefan Geiger, conductor
NDR Youth Symphony Orchestra
In cooperation with the Academy of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Excerpt from the concert recording "Baltic Sound" from September 28, 2022 from the Great Hall of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
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[@kobej1749]

So happy to finally hear a German orchestra perform Rautavaara! Special kudos to the trumpet in the finale - flawless, golden beauty.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you :))))

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Yes, and what an orchestra! Rautavaara is not only for Scandinavian orchestras.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Music from Finland. First the "Bird Consert". Nordic springtime! And then a lovely version of Valse Triste. Thank you so much for wonderful playing!

[@NDRKlassik]

Ah, sorry, you have already listened to Sibelius :) What about Södermann's "Svenskt festspel"?
-> th-cam.com/video/Q7DZWw7w-4g/w-d-xo.html

[@AndyHjo]

We need more Rautavaara in concert. There are so many "modern" composers, that need a renaissance as Mahler and Shostakovich had one (e.g. Schnittke, Suk, Pavel Haas, Franz Schmidt, Zemlinsky).

[@harryarmitage6056]

Congratulations on performing Cantus Arcticus. I had never heard of it until I saw it played in a concert in Manchester in 2018, and I was metaphorically blown away by it. Six weeks later I was standing on the promenade deck of a cruise ship moored at about the latitude of the Arctic Circle and realised I could hear many of the same bird sounds. Every time I have heard the Rautavaara piece since then I am mentally transported back to the experience of that holiday.

[@NDRKlassik]

Sounds wonderful, thank you for sharing your experience :)

[@lowe7471]

This is great. Thank you for sharing this.

[@NDRKlassik]

It's our pleasure! Thank you for appreciating our recording.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Einojuhani Rautavaaras Cantus Arcticus was composed as late as 1972. It is also named Consert for Birds and Orchestra ( for orchestra and sound tape). This is Rautavaaras most famous composition and has become a quite often played consert, at least here in the nordic coutries, I myself from Sweden. I have to congratulate dieses Jugendsinfonieorchester for great playing in this!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

PS The bird in the beginning is Curlew

[@NDRKlassik]

Thanks :) Did you listen to Sibelius (17:45) as well? How do you like it?

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@NDRKlassik The interpretation of Valse Triste was wonderful!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

The birds in this are mainly Curlew (Numenius arquata), Crane (Grus grus) and Whooper Swan ( Cygnus cygnus). In the second movement their callings are slowed up.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

PS I am myself a music lover AND a bird watcher, specially in springtime. That may explain why I love this music.

[@galinakrivulin6767]

Thank you for this wonderful excerpt.Loved it, so gallantly played, calling for vivid imagination, dreaming…
Actually thinking if the full concert could be available.That would have been a real treat.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you, we will see what we can do. Stay tuned! 🤩

[@vitocortesi9389]

La composizione di Rautavaara l'ho trovata veramente molto bella sembra un Orchestra che suona in un bosco pieno di uccellini

[@김문석-r8x]

Amazing

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you :)

[@Radiocaos]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@nodirishanodirisha8240]

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