IDAGIO | Magnus Lindberg: Graffiti - Seht die Sonne 761195115725

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Sakari Oramo
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Magnus Lindberg

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Performer Biography

Sakari Oramo, the conductor, began his career as a violinist and was concertmaster of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra before becoming a conductor.

Cultural Impact

The ancient Roman graffiti used in Lindberg's GRAFFITI reflects life in Pompeii just before the town was obliterated on August 23 in the year 79, the day of Vulcanalia, the festival of the god of fire.

Compositional Technique

For GRAFFITI, Magnus Lindberg used ancient Roman graffiti discovered on the walls of Pompeii, which he compiled and dramatized himself, using the original Latin text.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Magnus Lindberg considers "Seht die Sonne" to have a retrospective or summary function in his output, similar to his earlier monumental orchestral works KRAFT and Aura.

Composition History

GRAFFITI (2009) is Magnus Lindberg's first work for choir and orchestra, commissioned by the Southbank Centre in London, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Composer Biography

Magnus Lindberg, the composer, has evolved from an early defiant and edgy Modernist style to a later softer and more sonorous style, which he describes as the difference between cutting stone and shaping clay.

Composition History

Lindberg's work "Seht die Sonne" (2007) was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and premiered under Simon Rattle in Berlin.