SMO’s renowned soprano Maria Männistö curates a concert of music celebrating the return of the summer’s light and the artistry of Finnish women. Guest composer Maija Hynninen’s new arrangement of . . . sicut aurora procedit features Männistö and violinist Eric Rynes, and the pair also perform Lotta Wennäkoski’s stunningly virtuosic Valo joka. Hear music by the late Kaija Saariaho: a chamber arrangement of music from the end of her opera L’amour de loin and an open score by Rebecka Ahvenniemi. Hynninen’s stunning large ensemble work Mobiles closes the program.
PROGRAM: KAIJA SAARIAHO: Vers toi qui es si loin (2016) MAIJA HYNNINEN: Mobiles (2022) MAIJA HYNNINEN: . . . sicut aurora procedit (2025; original version 2015) – World Premiere LOTTA WENNÄKOSKI: Valo joka (2016) REBECKA AHVENNIEMI: Tacit-citat-ion (2018) REBECKA AHVENNIEMI: Death of a Christmas Tree (2014)
$10.00 - $30.00 ($12.24 - $33.65 with fees)