• Sebastian Fagerlund
  • Ad Spiram (2026)
    (Concerto for Organ and Symphony Orchestra)

  • Henry Litolff’s Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (World)

Commissioned by Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie & Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

  • org + 3(III:pic).3.2+bcl.2+cbn/4+3.3.1/timp.3perc/pf.hp/str
  • Organ
  • 28 min
    • 25th November 2026, Helsinki, Finland
    • 26th November 2026, Helsinki, Finland
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Programme Note

Ad Spiram, loosely translated from Latin, means 'towards the spiral' or 'towards the vortex'. The Latin word 'spirare' means 'to breathe'. These two meanings were strongly in my mind during the composition phase. I have had an abstract image of columns of air that intertwine in a spiral and the idea of the instrument itself that breathes.

Sebastian Fagerlund