Northern Connection 2: defunensemble

The Northern Connection concerts at Nordic Music Days are the third different way of presenting the project. The works were first performed in each ensemble’s home festival (Ultima in Norway, Musica Nova in Finland, and soundfestival in Scotland), and were given a joint performance at this year’s soundfestival. Now each ensemble presents their own programme with the new work as part fo the repertoire.

Finnish contemporary music specialists defunensemble perform a virtuosic programme that includes works inspired by environmental processes from Lisa Robertson, Laura Naukkarinen and Þorkell Nordal. Áki Ásgeirsson’s work for clarinet and electronics and Antti Auvinen’s piece for bass clarinet, bass flute, and synthesizer take the clarinet into astonishing soundworlds. A new work from Lisa Robertson and Ása Önnu Ólafsdóttir created as a result of the UNM x NMD Composer Exchange completes the programme.

Áki Ásgeirsson (IS) - 294° 8'
Lisa Robertson (Scotland) - am fàsach 10'
Laura Naukkarinen (Finland) - For Buchla 6'
Þorkell Nordal (Iceland) - Dwellings 11'
Antti Auvinen (Finland) - Warp My Simone 12'
Lisa Robertson (Scotland) & Ása Önnu Ólafsdóttir (Iceland) – new work 4' first performance

Hanna Kinnunen (flute)
Mikko Raasakka (clarinet)
Emil Holmström (keyboard)
Markus Hohti (cello)
Sami Klemola (artistic director)