The work '...durch einen Spiegel...' was conceived by Joonas Kokkonen during an international music conference in Paris in 1976, where he sketched its entire structure on the program.
Compositional Technique
In 'Il paesaggio', Joonas Kokkonen concludes with a musical 'enigma' that spells out the names of three other composers from his hometown of Järvenpää: Jean Sibelius, Erik Bergman, and Paavo Heininen.
Compositional Technique
The title '...durch einen Spiegel...' (Through a Mirror) refers to old mirrors with worn silver backing, allowing a dim view of what was on the other side, but the composer states it is not programmatic music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Joonas Kokkonen's symphonic principles dictate that in a symphony, 'everything is dependent upon everything else and every detail exerts an influence upon the whole'.
Recording & Production
All recordings by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, including this album, are made in the Ristinkirkko (Church of the Cross) in Lahti, Finland.
Composition History
Joonas Kokkonen began his Sinfonia da camera with the B-A-C-H motif as a dedication to the Lucerne Festival Strings and its conductor Rudolf Baumgartner, after hearing them play Bach's 'Kunst der Fuge'.
Composer Biography
Joonas Kokkonen, the composer, has written four symphonies and three other orchestral works that many consider symphonies, though they don't meet his strict criteria for the form.
