CONCERT: Pekka Kuusisto in Daníel Bjarnason's violin concerto
147 min - Fri Jan 31st at 19.03
Dance is a common denominator for the three works that the Radio Symphonics perform under the direction of Klaus Mäkelä. Pekka Kuusisto is a soloist in Daniel Bjarnason's newly written violin concerto, where it all begins with a whistle.
Music from Peru is not exactly everyday food in the Berwald Hall, but here we get a piece by Jimmy López who was born in Lima. In his "Perú Negro" there are traces of Peruvian dance and folk music, which according to the conductor Klaus Mäkelä offers a challenge for a Western European orchestra.
The piece is an order from the conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya and an important element is the tones that form the client's initials. The notes return to the piece.
Musik mot midnatt
• Erland von Koch: Bilder från Lappland (Karl Tirén). Radiokören. Dirigent: Helene Stureborg.
a) Hälsning
b) Rosens sång
c) Till björnen
d) Hyllning
e) Till midnattssolen
f) Besvärjelsesång
Daniel Bjarnason's violin concerto also has a slightly odd element: the soloist whistles at the beginning, while he plays. The playing and whistling are then taken over in the orchestra. A rather quiet element, may seem, but it adds a lot to the sound, which is also favored by soloist Pekka Kuusisto's different way of tuning the violin.
The concert concludes with Stravinsky's "Petruska", a ballet about the poor puppet who falls in love with a puppet dancer. Jealousy occurs and the doll Petruska is brutally killed by the wicked mother. But towards the end, he reappears ...
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Soloist: Pekka Kuusisto, violin. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
1. Jimmy López: Péru Negro
2. Daniél Bjarnason: Violin Concerto
3. Musical Intermezzo
4. Igor Stravinsky: Petruska (Version 1947)
Live broadcast from Berwaldhallen in Stockholm.
