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Sun 7 May 2023

• 10:30

  Total Immersion: Kaija Saariaho Film Screening

  Barbican, London

  Watch a screening of the film 'Echoes of the Universe' as part of our Total Immersion Day.

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  Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season

  
• 13:00

  Total Immersion: Spotlight on Kaija Saariaho with Guildhall Musicians

  Barbican, London

  Our day of Total Immersion in the music of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho begins with music of gentle (but limitless) power.

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  Our day of Total Immersion in the music of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho begins with music of gentle (but limitless) power.

  Programme

  • • • Kaija Saariaho
      • Calices for violin and piano
      • Changing Light for soprano and flute
      • Spins & Spells for solo cello
      • Miranda's Lament for soprano, clarinet, harp, violin and double bass
      • Terra Memoria for string quartet

  Performers

  • Guildhall School Musicians

  Composers

  • Kaija Saariaho

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  Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season

  
• 15:30

  Talk: Inside the Music of Kaija Saariaho

  Barbican, London

  Join Aleksi Barrière and Professor Jonathon Cross as they discuss Kaija Saariaho’s music.

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  Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season

  
• 17:00

  Total Immersion: Spotlight on Kaija Saariaho with the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers

  Barbican, London

  The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers perform the vocal music of Kaija Saariaho – part of a day of Total Immersion in the sounds and thoughts of this visionary Finnish composer. Broadcast on 20 May from 8.25pm, on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3.

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  The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers perform the vocal music of Kaija Saariaho – part of a day of Total Immersion in the sounds and thoughts of this visionary Finnish composer. Broadcast on 20 May from 8.25pm, on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3.

  Programme

  • • • Kaija Saariaho
      • ReconaissanceUK premiere
      • Nuits, adieux
      • Tag des Jahrs

  Performers

  • Krista Audere

    conductor
    conductor
  • Beth Higham-Edwards

    percussion
    percussion
  • Dominic Worsley

    double bass
    double bass
  • Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Singers

  Composers

  • Kaija Saariaho

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  Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season

  
• 19:30

  Total Immersion: Oramo conducts Kaija Saariaho

  Barbican, London

  Light becomes sound; poetry becomes music and words create worlds. Sakari Oramo crowns a day of total immersion in the music of Kaija Saariaho with a sumptuous orchestral celebration.

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  Light becomes sound; poetry becomes music and words create worlds. Sakari Oramo crowns a day of total immersion in the music of Kaija Saariaho with a sumptuous orchestral celebration.

  Programme

  • • • Kaija Saariaho
      • Di Cristal
      • Notes on Light
      • Saarikoski Songs
      • Circle Map

  Performers

  • Anu Komsi

    soprano
    soprano
  • Anssi Karttunen

    cello
    cello
  • Sakari Oramo

    condcutor
    condcutor
  • Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Kaija Saariaho

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  Also part of

  Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season