Sebastian Fagerlund named his organ concerto Ad Spiram, ‘towards the spiral’. The soloist for the premiere is renowned Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna.

“Ad Spiram, loosely translated from Latin, means ‘towards the spiral’ or ‘towards the vortex’,” says Sebastian Fagerlund, explaining the title of his organ concerto. “The Latin word ‘spirare’ means to breathe. These two meanings were strongly in my mind during the composition phase. I have had an abstract image of columns of air that intertwine in a spiral and the idea of the instrument itself that breathes.” “When I discovered the music of Anton Bruckner and Gustav Mahler in my late teens, I knew that there was something here that I wanted to understand completely.” Bruckner’s music has become important to Jukka-Pekka Saraste over the years. “He was a humble person with an incredible will beneath the surface. This duality in his personality inspired me greatly.”

Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Iveta Apkalna

Ad Spiram

HPO: Ad Spiram

Helsingin Musiikkitalo

“Ad Spiram, loosely translated from Latin, means ‘towards the spiral’ or ‘towards the vortex’,” says Sebastian Fagerlund, explaining the title of his organ concerto. “The Latin word ‘spirare’ means to breathe. These two meanings were strongly in my mind during the composition phase. I have had an abstract image of columns of air that intertwine in a spiral and the idea of the instrument itself that breathes.” “When I discovered the music of Anton Bruckner and Gustav Mahler in my late teens, I knew that there was something here that I wanted to understand completely.” Bruckner’s music has become important to Jukka-Pekka Saraste over the years. “He was a humble person with an incredible will beneath the surface. This duality in his personality inspired me greatly.”

Ad Spiram

Concerts

25. Nov

19:00

Helsingin Musiikkitalo

Helsinki

HPO: Ad Spiram

HPO

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

Iveta Apkalna, organ

25. Nov

19:00

Helsingin Musiikkitalo

Helsinki

26. Nov

19:00

Helsingin Musiikkitalo

Helsinki

HPO: Ad Spiram

HPO

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

Iveta Apkalna, organ

26. Nov

19:00

Helsingin Musiikkitalo

Helsinki

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