About This Event
SMO’s renowned soprano Maria Männistö curates a concert of music celebrating the return of the summer’s light and the artistry of Finnish women. Guest composer Maija Hynninen’s new arrangement of . . . sicut aurora procedit features Männistö and violinist Eric Rynes, and the pair also perform Lotta Wennäkoski’s stunningly virtuosic Valo joka. Hear music by the late Kaija Saariaho: a chamber arrangement of music from the end of her opera L’amour de loinand an open score by Rebecka Ahvenniemi. Maija Hynninen will travel from the Bay Area and speak about her large ensemble work Mobiles.
For more details: https://www.seattlemodernorchestra.org/concert/2024-2025-the-lights-light-the-dawn-arises/
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