Kaija Saariaho: Notes on Light; Orion; Mirage
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Composer: Kaija SaariahoConductor: Christoph Eschenbach
Orchestra: Paris Orchestra
Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris
Performer: Karita Mattila
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-09-09
Music Label: Ondine
Soundtracks:
- I. Translucent, secret
- II. On fire
- III. Awakening
- IV. Eclipse
- V. Heart of Light
- I. Memento mori
- II. Winter Sky
- III. Hunter
- Mirage
Free Music Notes for Kaija Saariaho: Notes on Light; Orion; Mirage
Free Music Review: Cosmic music for psychonauts
Hit: 5 Stars
In the wonderful, creative musical melting pot in the late 60s, contemporary classical music was a rather overlooked but important factor. Bands like Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Moody Blues drawing on inspirations from the experiments of Stockhausen, John Cage and Messiaen.
This gorgous concert, recorded live in march '08 in Paris, with the orchestre de Paris is comprised of three indepedent pieces - the two of them world premieres - but actually sounding like one coherent musical statement. The music is full of beauty and her "Notes Of Light" seems really able to convey an inner feeling of the eternal light in the listener. And cellist Anssi Karttunen displayIn the wonderful, creative musical melting pot in the late 60s, contemporary classical music was a rather overlooked but important factor. Bands like Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Moody Blues drawing on inspirations from the experiments of Stockhausen, John Cage and Messiaen.
This gorgous concert, recorded live in march '08 in Paris, with the orchestre de Paris is comprised of three indepedent pieces - the two of them world premieres - but actually sounding like one coherent musical statement. The music is full of beauty and her "Notes Of Light" seems really able to convey an inner feeling of the eternal light in the listener. And cellist Anssi Karttunen displays a sublime mastery of his instrument, making the complex, written music sound easy and spontaneous/improvised.
The concert "Orion" is just as cosmic as the title implies. And the mixture of the sombre, the avantgarde and the spiritual reminding of other contemporary Scandinavian composers like Per Nørgård and Leif Segerstam. The aetheric effects very reminiscent of Terje Rypdal's classical works and seemingly coming from the same deep and profound inner space.
"Mirage" is based on a poem by the shaman Maria Sabina, the woman who in 1955 introduced R. Gordon Wasson (and thereby the West at large) to the sacred mushrooms (psilocybin). And Saariaho certainly sounds - and looks - like a 'wise woman' herself. Putting a completely different kind of music to Sabina's lyrics, making for a highly interesting cross-cultural meeting.
The inspired and spiritual music of Saariaho could certainly deserve a wider audience as her music should and could appeal to fans of psychedelic/progressive rock and for lovers of the more adventurous forms of electronica and new age. As well as everyone into artists like John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, Joe Zawinul, all three of course well versed in the classical/avantgardish tradition.
Powerful, visionary stuff.
Kaija Saariaho: Notes on Light; Orion; Mirage Poster
Soprano Karita Mattila and female composer Kaija Saariaho share not only popular star status in the classical musical world but also a fruitful musical collaboration and friendship. Their latest is Mirage, the setting of a tranceinduced incantation text by the Mexican healer María Sabína (1894-1985). This recording features the work's world premiere performance in Paris on March 13, 2008. The ecstatic 15-minute piece is written for the unique combination of soprano, cello and orchestra, featuring cellist Anssi Karttunen and the Orchestre de Paris under its music director Christoph Eschenbach. "Few singers other than Mattila will be able to hurl the voice into such high ecstasy, bend its tones and express the entire transformation in such racked yet exultant body language. (...) this is a small but important work in Saariaho's increasingly fruitful development."--The Times Anssi Karttunen performs also in Notes on Light, a cello concerto which Saariaho wrote for him in 2006. The CD also includes Orion, the largest orchestral work Saariaho has written to date.Classical Music CDs
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