Verdigris a concert hit

Lotta Wennäkoski’s Verdigris for orchestra has become a new concert hit, and can already boast 16 performances around the world this year alone. Another orchestral favourite by her is Flounce, performed at the BBC Proms and soon a popular curtain-raiser after its premiere. Since the beginning of this year, Verdigris has been played in Australia, Britain, Canada and Sweden, and in various cities in Austria and Finland, among others. Lasting 11 minutes, it was commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in 2015. It includes references to music by Jean Sibelius, integrated with Wennäkoski’s personal, capricious idiom.