Geoffrey Gordon: Winterleben (European premiere)

• Gordon: Winterleben Artists: Niina Keitel (Mezzo Soprano); Tommi Hyytinen (French Horn); Marko Hilpo (Piano)
• Toivo Kuula: Andante for horn and piano, world premiere
• Kai Nieminen: Hymnos VII (2020) for solo horn, world premiere
• Jan Lehtola: Short Stories from Arches (2018) Sonata for horn and piano, world premiere

Horn soloist Tommi Hyytinen (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra), mezzo soprano Niina Keitel and pianist Marko Hilpo will give the European premiere of composer Geoffrey Gordon's chamber vocal work, Winterleben, at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland.

Winterleben is a song cycle setting five texts, in German, by Mahler's favorite poet, Friedrich Rückert, for mezzo, horn and piano. This work was originally commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting, and first premiered in Zipper Hall,Los Angeles, on 7 August 2015.

Presenter: Sibelius Academy