Works
Orchestra
The Ring of Fire and Love (2020)
orchestra
9'
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
The Ring of Fire is a volcanic belt that surrounds the Pacific Ocean and in which most of the world’s earthquakes occur. It is also the term referring to the bright ring of sunlight around the moon at the height of a solar eclipse, when the moon covers only the central part of the sun. Yet, the same expression is also used to describe what a woman feels when, as she gives birth, the baby’s head passes through her pelvis. That moment is the most dangerous in the baby’s life, its little skull being subjected to enormous pressure, preparing it for life in a way unlike any other. The Ring of Fire and Love is a work for orchestra about this earth-shattering, creative, cataclysmic moment they travel through together. The work was commissioned by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia and Kymi Sinfonietta.
Orchestrations:
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Premiere: March 18, 2021
Stockholm Concert House, Sweden
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sakari Oramo
September 8, 2021
Jyväskylä Theater, Jyväskylä, Finland
Jyväskylä Symphony, cond. Ville Matvejeff
September 9, 2021
Hankasalmi, Finland
Jyväskylä Symphony, cond. Ville Matvejeff
March 16, 2022
Stockholm Concert House, Sweden
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. David Afkham
March 17, 2022
Stockholm Concert House, Sweden
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. David Afkham
March 18, 2022
Gothenburg Concert House, Gothenburg, Sweden
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. David Afkham
October 6, 2022
Madetoja Hall, Oulu, Finland
Oulu Symphony Orchestra, cond. Aliisa Neige Barriére
October 13, 2022
Nordic Music Days, Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, cond. Anna-Maria Helsinki
October 13, 2022
Lappeenranta City Orchestra, cond. Tomas Djupsjöbacka
Lappeen Maria Church, Lappeenranta, Finland
October 13, 2022
Nordic Chamber Orchestra, cond. Emilia Hoving
Tonhallen, Sundsvall, Sweden
October 14, 2022
Nordic Chamber Orchestra, cond. Emilia Hoving
Själevad Church, Själevad, Sweden
October 27, 2022
Vaasa City Orchestra and Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, cond. Tomas Djubsjöbacka
Vaasa City Hall, Vaasa, Finland
October 28, 2022
Vaasa City Orchestra and Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, cond. Tomas Djubsjöbacka
Snellman Hall, Kokkola, Finland
December 8, 2022
Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, Sweden
Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra, cond. Ville Matvejeff
January 18-19, 2023
Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland
The Finnish Radio Orchestra, cond. Nicholas Collon
February 21, 2023
BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Emilia Hoving
BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, United Kingdom
March 16, 2023
Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, cond. Dalia Stasevska
April 14-15, 2023
Orchestra Hall, Minnesota, USA
Minnesota Orchestra, cond. David Afkham
May 4-5, 2023
Tapiola Hall, Espoo Cultural Centre, Espoo, Finland
Tapiola Sinfonietta, cond. Tarmo Peltokoski
October 19, 2023
Kotka Concert Hall, Kotka, Finland
Kymi Sinfonietta, cond. Olari Elts
November 8, 2023
Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Orchestre Symphonique De Québec, cond. Clemens Schuldt
June 28, 2024
Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Australia
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, cond. Dalia Stasevska
July 26, 2024
Aspen Music Festival
Klein Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado, USA
Aspen Chamber Symphony, cond. Dalia Stasevska
August 22, 2024
Turku Music Festival
Turku Concert House, Turku, Finland
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Aliisa Neige Barrière
October 4, 2024
Berwaldshallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
October 10, 2024
Carl Nielsen Salen, Odense Koncerthus, Odense, Denmark
Odense Symphony Orchestra, cond. Pierre Bleuse
October 23–25, 2024
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK
Aurora Orchestra, cond. Nicholas Collon
November 7, 2024
Helsinki Conservatory of Music, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Concordia, cond. Tomas Djupsjöbacka
February 21–23, 2025
Touhill Performing Arts Center, St Louis, USA
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, cond. David Afkham
October 2, 2025
Alandica, Mariehamn, Åland, Finland
Gävle Symphony Orchestra, cond. Tomas Djupsjöbacka
December 4, 2025
Huddersfield Town Hall, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Opera North, cond. Chloe Rooke
April 23, 2026
Helsingborg Concert Hall, Helsingborg, Sweden
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Emilia Hoving