FAGERLUND
Helena’s Song
for Solo Violin and Orchestra
Full Score
SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND
Helena’s Song
for Solo Violin and Orchestra
(2023)
Full Score
Dedicated to John Storgårds
Instrumentation
3 Flutes
3 Oboes
2 Clarinets in Bb
Bass Clarinet
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
4 Horns
3 Trumpets in C
3 Trombones
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3 players)*
Piano Harp
Solo Violin
Strings
* I. Vibraphone, Triangle , Tam-tam (medium) II. Tubular Bells, Chinese Bell tree, Crotales , Bass Drum III. Glockenspiel, Marimba, 2 Suspended Cymbals, Tam-tam (large)
Transposing Score
Duration ca. 10½ min
Commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle) and the BBC Radio 3
World Premiere on the 13th of October 2023 by Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Storgårds
UK Premiere on the 25th of November 2023 at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by John Storgårds
Helena's Song
Based on themes from opera "Autumn Sonata" for solo violin and orchestra
Sebastian Fagerlund (*1972)
Sebastian Fagerlund
Sebastian Fagerlund (b. 1972) has established himself as one of the most prominent European composers of his generation. He studied composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under the guidance of Erkki Jokinen and received his diploma in composition in 2004. Important aspects of Fagerlund’s work are his interest in large-scale forms and his profoundly held view of music as an expression of fundamental questions and existential experiences. His works have been commissioned and performed by numerous major orchestras, leading conductors and musicians all over the world, and span a wide variety of genres from opera to chamber and solo.
Sebastian Fagerlund (*1972) ist einer der führenden europäischen Komponisten seiner Generation. Er studierte Komposition bei Erkki Jokinen an der Sibelius-Akademie in Helsinki und erhielt 2004 sein Diplom. Wichtige Aspekte von Fagerlunds Wirken sind sein Interesse an großangelegten Formen und seine Überzeugung, dass Musik grundlegende Fragen und existentielle Erfahrungen zum Ausdruck bringt. Seine Werke wurden von zahlreichen bekannten Orchestern, herausragenden Dirigenten und Musikern auf der ganzen Welt in Auftrag gegeben und aufgeführt. Fagerlunds Schaffen umfasst ein breites Spektrum unterschiedlicher Gattungen von der Oper über Kammermusik bis hin zu solistischen Werken.
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