Uusinta Ensemble: Honeymoons & Bad Dreams

Event Introduction

Two large-scale works, Sebastian Hilli’s bright Honeymoon and Tiina Myllärinen’s (Bad) Dreams come true, a quartet dedicated to the Ukrainian people, were both created as a result of Uusinta Ensemble’s collaborative commission projects over the past years. The relationship between these two quite different works opens up a musical world that is topical and rich in references. They are separated by Ann Cleare’s musical metaphor about waves and a cobalt-blue ocean that extends beyond its performance duration.

Discussion:

Pre-concert discussion at 6.15–6.45 pm, Helsinki Music Centre, Paavo Hall, with composers Sebastian Hilli and Tiina Myllärinen, hosted by Tuuli Lindeberg, the artistic director of Musica nova Helsinki.

Performers:

Tomas Gricius, trumpet
Sebastian Hilli, conductor
Uusinta Ensemble

Programme:

Sebastian Hilli: Honeymoon (2021), 30 min (premiere)
Commissioned by Uusinta Ensemble and Ensemble Musikfabrik

Ann Cleare: where cobalt waves live (2018), 6 min

Tiina Myllärinen: (Bad) Dreams come true (2022), 30 min
Commissioned by Uusinta Ensemble and Sea Lapland String Quartet

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