FULL Luonnotar (Sibelius) Helsinki 2015 Karita Mattila
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Luonnotar
- Composer: Sibelius Jean
- Libretto: setting of Runo I (lines 111–242, freely adapted) of the Kalevala, Finland's national epic
- Venue & Opera Company: Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland
- Recorded: December 18, 2015
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Karita Mattila
- Conductor: Hannu Lintu
- Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Information about the Recording
- Published by: Yle
- Date Published: 2015
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Luonnotar (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈluo̯nːotɑr]), Op. 70, is a single-movement tone poem for soprano and orchestra written in 1913 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The piece is a setting of Runo I (lines 111–242, freely adapted) of the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic, which tells the legend of how the goddess Luonnotar (the female spirit of nature) created the Earth. Luonnotar premiered on 10 September 1913 at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester, England, with Herbert Brewer conducting the festival orchestra; the soloist was the Finnish operatic diva (and frequent Sibelius collaborator) Aino Ackté, the tone poem’s dedicatee. A few months later on 12 January 1914, Ackté gave Luonnotar its Finnish premiere, with Georg Schnéevoigt conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.