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Title: Protest and revolution.(global warming, Aulis Sallinen, composer)(Editorial)
Author: Robin Wood
Publication: CineAction (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 70Page: 1(2)

Article Type: Editorial

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Chapters: The King Goes Forth to France, the Red Line, the Horseman. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The King Goes Forth to France (Finnish: ) is an opera in three acts by Aulis Sallinen, based on the novel of the same title by Paavo Haavikko, who also wrote the libretto. The King Goes Forth to France was first performed on July 7, 1984 by the Savonlinna Opera Festival, and revived at the festival in the three years that followed. Later performances have taken place in Kiel (1986, in a cut version not approved by the composer), the Santa Fe Opera Festival (1986) and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1987). A concert performance of the opera in Helsinki in 2005 was recorded by Ondine. In 1973 Paavo Haavikko wrote a play for radio and in 1977 rang Sallinen to ask whether, if the composer was considering writing another opera, this story could become the libretto? Sallinen's first opera The Horseman had a libretto by Haavikko but the composer was cautious about taking up the suggestion. Eventually, having read the play, Sallinen came to like the ambiguous blend of tragedy and irony, wit and cruelty; he began composing in the summer of 1980. The opera was jointly commissioned by the Savonlinna Opera Festival, the Royal Opera, London, and the BBC, and is set during a future ice age and in the time of the Hundred Years' War. In The King Goes Forth to France Sallinen moved away from the overtly Finnish subject matter of his previous operas, creating a universal allegory. John Allison noted (in relation to the recording) "this opera is notable for its lightness of texture. The composer has a witty way of evoking ceremonial moments... a wild arrangement of a Schubert Marche Militaire in D is put to dark dramatic use... there is sweep and pace in s...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21988419 ... Read more

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Chapters: Aulis Sallinen, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Leo Funtek, Leif Segerstam, Jorma Panula, Arto Noras, Martti Pokela, Martti Rousi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Aulis Sallinen (born April 9, 1935) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. He writes in a modern, though tonal and not experimental music style. He studied at the Sibelius Academy, where his teachers included Joonas Kokkonen. He has had works commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, and has also written 6 operas, 8 symphonies, concertos for violin, cello, flute and horn and any number of chamber works. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1978 for his opera Ratsumies (The Horseman). Sallinen was born in Salmi, in an area which was conquered by the USSR when he was nine. His first instruments were violin and piano. He would play both jazz and classical music. He was known to be extremely creative, and spent much time during his teenage years improvising. After a while, he began writing his ideas down on paper, and began to do serious composition. He attended the Sibelius Academy of Music, and studied with a number of prestigious teachers. After graduating, Sallinen took a position as composition teacher at the Sibelius Academy, and continued composing. In his mid 20's, he was put on the board of directors of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He became chairman of the board of Finnish Composers ten years after. Though he was a known teacher and was on many boards of directors, his compositions were not particularly noted until he was made "Professor of Arts for Life" by the Finnish government, giving him money so he could focus more on composition. After receiving that award, Sallinen devoted great amounts of time to his composing. He has revived standard forms and har...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1817312 ... Read more

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