On Einojuhani Rautavaara’s “Incantations” for Percussion and Orchestra
It is a great honor to announce the release on Cd by Ondine of “Incantations” by Einojuhani Rautavaara. I am honoured to share the cd with the great Norwegian cellist Trus Mork, who also presents a recent work of the composer “Towards the Horizon”. The marvellous orchestra is The Helsinki Philharmonic conducted by my close [...]
On the premiere of Elliott Carter’s “Conversations”
When I was 13 years old, my imagination was set scampering by Elliott Carter’s “Variations for Orchestra” (1954-55). At that time I was visiting the Edinburgh Music Library on a weekly basis, digging for treasure in the scores department. Those that exhibited modernist credentials were duly borrowed and among the Boulez, Berio and Stockhausen that [...]
