Highlights 4-2024 contents:
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Aulis Sallinen: music aims at a different humanity
Erkki Melartin jubilee
Focus on Mats Larsson Gothe
Repertoire tips – works for descant choir
Premieres & New CDs
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Highlights is our newsletter focusing on classical and contemporary music from the Nordic countries. You can read the most recent Highlights and find here in-depth material of music presented in it.
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė CD receives high praise
The CD of Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s choral works (‘Aletheia’) has been chosen as the choral disc of the month by the BBC Music Magazine. The New York Times also highlighted it in 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now. It also got a very enthusiastic mention at NPR and was listed under the 10 Best Classical Albums of 2024.
The Latvian Radio Choir is conducted by Sigvards Klava on the Ondine CD. The 4 choral pieces on the disc are available in new editions by Fennica Gehrman.
| Erkki Melartin jubilee On 7 February 2025, 150 years will have passed since the birth of Finnish composer Erkki Melartin (1875–1937). The occasion will be celebrated each month during the jubilee year with events, exhibitions and concerts in different parts of Finland. Further information is available on the Erkki Melartin Society’s home page at erkkimelartin.fi.  |