Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Classical concert in Finland



I went to a very interesting in Rovaniemi of Laplands chamber orchestra. It took place in a new concert hall which is very nice and modern. As a visiting star there was “Piers Adams” who is a recorder virtuoso. I usually don't really enjoy the recorder but he was more like a rockstar than an orchestra member. He was wearing leather pants and like bright colored shirt. He played on many different recorders: from a very tiny one with a very high pitched sound to a big one with a very deep sound. All in all they played 5 pieces and one of them was his solo. My favourite piece was the third one: Vetrarmyndir (Winter Pictures-1990) by Sunleif Rasmussen (born in 1961). It was very fairytale like and it was very powerful even if it wasn't vey loud as a piece. It builds up slowly and I think the title fits the piece very well. It describes a wintery landscape which reminded me of the first Narnia. I'm usually not that into classical concerts so my expectations weren't very high, but in the end the concert was very good.

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