Credits:

Aho / Salminen / Eyck / Lapland Chamber Orch

Description:

Ahos Theremin Concerto: Inviting the Listener into an Unreal SeasonSACD hybrid disc. Kalevi Aho is a prolific composer. He has made it his lifes work to compose concertos for every instrument in the orchestra, with his 18th work being the 2011 Horn Concerto. After attending a concert by the Raahe City Orchestrawhich celebrated its 100th anniversary in April 2009Aho was deeply impressed by the performance of the orchestras horn player, Anne Salminen. Aho then offered to compose a horn concerto for her; he wrote the piece from May through June 2011, and it premiered in January 2012. Rather than standing beside the conductor, the soloist begins offstage, then moves from left to right behind the orchestra before emerging at the front of the stage. The movement of the soundscape is also effective.Aho composed the Theremin Concerto in the fall of 2011 after being asked