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Aho - Symphony No.12 ‘Luosto Symphony’  | BIS BISSACD1676

Aho - Symphony No.12 ‘Luosto Symphony’

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISSACD1676

Barcode: 7318599916767

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 30th June 2008

Contents

Artists

Taina Piira (soprano)
Aki Alamikkotervo (tenor)
Hannu Lehtonen (saxophone)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra of Lapland

Conductor

John Storgards

Works

Aho, Kalevi

Symphony no.12 (Luosto Symphony)

Artists

Taina Piira (soprano)
Aki Alamikkotervo (tenor)
Hannu Lehtonen (saxophone)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra of Lapland

Conductor

John Storgards

About

This is the first recording on CD of Kalevi Aho’s Symphony No.12 - ‘Luosto’. It was written for a performance on the slopes of Mount Luosto in Finnish Lapland and makes use of two orchestras, two vocal soloists and a number of brass players and percussionists placed at various distances from each other and from the conductor, surrounding the audience. The primary inspiration for this four-movement work came from the natural surroundings and traditions of Lapland, and parts of it were composed during a bitterly cold spell in the solitude of a cottage at the foot of Orresokka, the mountain next to Luosto.

The three-dimensional qualities written into the score makes it the perfect subject for a Surround Sound recording, and during the recording sessions in the acclaimed acoustics of the Lahti Sibelius Hall, great pains were taken to recreate the set-up of the first performance. This took place in 2003, in front of – or rather around – an audience of over 2000 people, and became the starting point of ‘LuostoClassic’, an annual summer music festival.

Among the performers on this recording, the vocal soloists, the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland and the conductor John Storgårds all took part in the première of the work.

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