Magnus Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto, Gran Duo & Chorale

Featuring

Sakari Oramo
Kari Kriikku
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Magnus Lindberg

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Composition History

Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto was commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) for its 75th anniversary and premiered in September 2002.

Performer Biography

Clarinettist Kari Kriikku is a leading musician in Finnish Modernism and has premiered many of Magnus Lindberg's works, including all his clarinet pieces.

Composer Biography

Magnus Lindberg, born in Helsinki in 1958, studied composition at the Sibelius Academy with Einojuhani Rautavaara and Paavo Heininen, who encouraged exploring European avant-garde music.

Compositional Technique

The Gran Duo by Magnus Lindberg, scored for 13 winds and 11 brass, creates a continuous sound without strings by skillfully dovetailing a kaleidoscope of small events.

Composer Biography

Magnus Lindberg's compositional breakthrough came with two large-scale works, Action - Situation - Signification and Kraft, which were linked to his founding of the experimental Toimii Ensemble with Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Compositional Technique

Magnus Lindberg's Chorale makes use of J.S. Bach's chorale 'Es ist genug' from Cantata BWV 20, similar to Alban Berg's Violin Concerto.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Around 1980, Magnus Lindberg and his contemporaries founded the informal 'Ears Open Society' to promote awareness of mainstream modernism in Finnish music.