Creative Dialogue XI
Creative Dialogue XI took place at Kallio-Kuninkala in Finland. 4 composers, 4 singers and 6 string players worked together with Kaija Saariaho, Anssi Karttunen and Daniel Belcher. The composers wrote pieces for voice and strings and the performers played pieces for voices and strings by Kaija Saariaho. As usual, an improvisation workshop and performance was also an important part of the workshop as were the visits to the cultural landmarks around Kallio-Kuninkala.
The final concert took place in the Camerata Hall at the Music Centre, Helsinki on the 25th of August.
Composers:
Keting Sun
Matteo Gualandi
William Dougherty
Sampo Kasurinen
Soprano: Erin Hodgson
Mezzo: Ema Nikolovska
Tenor: Thomas Zimmermann
Bariton: Eric Vinas
Violin: Karolina Walarowska, Raina Arnett
Viola: Jordan Bak, Laura Paakkari
Cello: Karin Helene Slåttebrekk, Adele Xiang
CREATIVE DIALOGUE XI in FInland, August 16 to 25, 2019
Listen and watch the concert here:
Kaija Saariaho: Prospero’s vision, tenor and string quartet (2002/2007)
Thomas Zimmermann, tenor
Raina Arnett, violin
Karolina Walarowska, violin
Laura Paakkari, viola
Karin Helene Slåttebrekk, cello
William Dougherty: Warming Up soprano, baritone, violin and cello
Erin Hodgson, soprano
Eric Vinas, baritone
Karolina Walarowska, violin
Adele Xiang, cello
Kaija Saariaho: Du gick, flög mezzo and viola (1982/2019, WP)
Ema Nikolovska, mezzo
Jordan Bak, viola
Sun Keting: Pilgrim of the Clouds tenor, violin, viola and cello
Thomas Zimmermann, tenor
Karolina Walarowska, violin
Laura Paakkari, viola
Adele Xiang, cello
Creative Dialogue: Improvisation
Kaija Saariaho: Die Aussicht soprano and string quartet (1996/2017)
Erin Hodgson, soprano
Karolina Walarowska, violin
Raina Arnett, violin
Jordan Bak, viola
Adele Xiang, cello
Matteo Gualandi: To know not your name mezzo,violin and cello
Ema Nikolovska, mezzo
Raina Arnett, violin
Karin Helene Slåttebrekk, cello
Kaija Saariaho: Changing Light baritone and cello (2002/2019, WP)
Eric Vinas, baritone
Karin Helene Slåttebrekk, cello
Sampo Kasurinen: Of Music mezzo, tenor, violin, viola and cello
Ema Nikolovska, mezzo
Thomas Zimmermann, tenor
Raina Arnett, violin
Jordan Bak, viola
Karin Helene Slåttebrekk, cello
