Works
Soloists and orchestra
Saivo (2016)
concerto for soprano saxophone and orchestra
28'
I Image of you
II In the water
III In the ashes
IV Reflection
V Fissure
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
The saxophone concerto Saivo paints a musical portrait of a saxophonist of a new kind. The word ”saivo” originates from the ancient Sami beliefs meaning a two-bottomed lake, where under a lake dwells another lake and another world which is inhabited by otherworldly creatures – a world that is the exact mirror image of our world. The saxophone concerto builds sonorous timbral bridges between the effected soprano saxophone and the orchestra, and grows eventually into an illusion of another reality which is similar, yet in a peculiar way different than the world we know. The work was commissioned by Tapiola Sinfonietta and it is dedicated to the saxophonist Jukka Perko.
Premiere: November 17, 2017
Tapiolasali, Espoo, Finland
Tapiola Sinfonietta, cond. Anna-Maria Helsing
Jukka Perko, soprano saxophone and effects
February 1, 2018
Rovaniemi, Finland
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, cond. John Storgårds
Jukka Perko, soprano saxophone and effects
February 2, 2018
Inari, Finland
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, cond. John Storgårds
Jukka Perko, soprano saxophone and effects
September 6, 2018
Kuopio, Finland
Kuopio City Orchestra, cond. Jaakko Kuusisto
Jukka Perko, soprano saxophone and effects
October 31, 2019
Rovaniemi, Finland
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, cond. John Storgårds
Jukka Perko, soprano saxophone and effects
February 4, 2021
Turku Concert Hall, Turku, Finland
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Ari Rasilainen
Jukka Perko, soprano saxophone and effects
March 25, 2021
Oulu Music Festival, Oulu, Finland
Oulu Symphony Orcestra, cond. Jaakko Kuusisto
Jukka Perko, soprano saxophone and effects
May 17, 2025, German premiere
BaseCamp Hostel Bonn, Germany
Beethoven Orchester Bonn, cond. Dirk Kaftan
Asya Fateyeva, soprano saxophone