Works
Orchestra
Day Night Day (2024)
orchestra
7'
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Day Night Day is an orchestral work about the northern light and ice that every winter invade the land but that reflect the early spring light in brilliant spectra. The work incorporates references to two Sámi melodies: a yoik of Láve Nigá Risten from the Teno region of Northern Finnish Lapland heralded by muted trumpets towards the beginning, and a variation of the old South Sámi lullaby Sjamma, sjamma hummed at the end by the woodwinds. The musical themes spring from the forthcoming opera Day of Night jointly commissioned by the Aalto Music Theatre Essen and the Finnish National Opera. The libretto of this opera based on the novel Halla Helle by the Sámi writer Niillas Holmberg is by Aleksi Barrière. The orchestral work Day Night Day was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic together with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Premiere: February 20-22, 2025
Philharmonia, Berlin, Germany
Berliner Philharmoniker, cond. Marin Alsop
January 28–29, 2026, Finnish premiere
Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Thomas Søndergård
April 2–4 and 8, 2026, US premiere
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, US
Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Andris Nelsons
April 10, 2026
Carnigie Hall, New York, NY, US
Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Andris Nelsons