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- Outi Tarkiainen
Day Night Day (2024)
- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
Commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Commissioner exclusivity applies
- 3(afl:pic).3(ca).3(bcl.).3(cbsn)/4.3.3(btbn).1/timp.3perc.hp.cel/str.
- 6 min 30 s
- 2nd April 2026, Symphony Hall, Boston MA, United States of America
- 3rd April 2026, Symphony Hall, Boston MA, United States of America
Programme Note
Day Night Day is an orchestral work about the northern light and ice that every winter invade the land but that reflect the early spring light in brilliant spectra. The work incorporates references to two Sámi melodies: a yoik of Láve Nigá Risten from the Teno region of Northern Finnish Lapland heralded by muted trumpets towards the beginning of the work, and a variation of the old South Sámi lullaby Sjamma, sjamma hummed at the end by the woodwinds.
The musical themes spring from my forthcoming opera Day of Night jointly commissioned by Aalto Musiktheater Essen and Finnish National Opera and Ballet. The libretto of this opera based on the novel Halla Helle by the Sámi writer Niillas Holmberg is by Aleksi Barrière.
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- Outi Tarkiainen Premieres in San Francisco, Boston, New York
- 15th January 2026
- Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen continues to share her music with major orchestras across the United States, with commissions from the San Francisco Symphony and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- Outi Tarkiainen - World Premiere with the Berliner Philharmoniker
- 13th February 2025
- The Berlin Philharmonic will premiere Outi Tarkiainen's 'Day Night Day'