Lotta Wennäkoski’s Pige (2021-2022) for string quartet was commissioned to be paired with the Death and the Maiden quartet by Franz Schubert (“pige” is Danish for girl). The work has three movements, and the first movement can also be performed separately as a prologue to Schubert’s quartet. Buy now
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and violinist Ilya Gringolts will premiere Lotta Wennäkoski’s violin concerto Prosoidia at the Barbican on 3 November with Eva Ollikainen conducting. The Lahti and the Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestras are the other commissioners. Another recent work by Wennäkoski is Ele for clarinet and orchestra (world premiere in Kokkola, Finland on 29 September with…
