Renowned Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Jukka-Pekka Saraste present the world premiere of Ad Spiram by Sebastian Fagerlund on November 25 at the Musiikkitalo Concert Hall in Helsinki.
While composing the organ concerto, Fagerlund was thinking about the meaning of ‘ad spiram’ and spirare. The latin words translate loosely to ‘towards the spiral’ and ‘to breathe’ and during the composition process he had an ‘abstract image of columns of air that intertwine in a spiral and the idea of the instrument itself that breathes’, Fagerlund says.
Being a joint commission by Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra performances in Katowice, Dresden and Gothenburg will follow in the new year.
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