Sebastian Fagerlund: Nomade & WaterAtlas

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Altstaedt gives a bravura performance [of Nomade] that captures every colour and nuance of the work, from the plaintive to the soaring to the percussive, while Hannu Lintu’s attentive reading... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Jul 2021
Catalogue No: BIS2455
Label: BIS
Length: 58 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

October 2021

Concerto Choice
International Classical Music Awards

2022

Nominated - Contemporary

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Fagerlund: Cello Concerto 'Nomade'

Work length37:46

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Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu

I. Espressivo (Live)

Track length6:17

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II. Agitato, molto ritmico (Live)

Track length5:03

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Interlude I (Live)

Track length0:57

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III. Vivace capriccioso (Live)

Track length1:58

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IV. Lento contemplativo (Live)

Track length10:28

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Interlude II (Live)

Track length0:56

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V. Espressivo, liberamente (Live)

Track length5:16

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VI. Esaltato, molto agitato (Live)

Track length6:51

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Fagerlund: Water Atlas

Work length20:29

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The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu

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During the 2010s, Sebastian Fagerlund focused on a series of orchestral compositions and concertos, making one single excursion into vocal music: the opera Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata, 2017). One of his most important works, the opera has influenced his subsequent music, with an increase of long melodic lines alongside his signature rhythmic drive and energy. Dedicated to Nicolas Altstaedt, Fagerlund’s cello concerto Nomade consists of six movements played without a break. Its title refers to searching and to movement, and the work can be likened to a journey by the cellist-wanderer through various landscapes, moods and events depicted by the orchestra. Fagerlund has enjoyed a close relationship with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Hannu Lintu, who has premiered several of his works, including Nomade. Among the fruits of this collaboration is Water Atlas, of which the orchestra is one of the co-commissioners. The work is the third part of a trilogy for orchestra, also comprising Stonework and Drifts, which the same team recorded for BIS in 2017. As a whole, the trilogy deals with basic elements, albeit in an abstract manner: stone, wind (or currents) and water. In Water Atlas Fagerlund was interested in the ever-continuous water cycle: the evaporation of water into the atmosphere and its return to the earth as rain – a cycle that is currently under threat from pollution and climate change.

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October 2021

Altstaedt gives a bravura performance [of Nomade] that captures every colour and nuance of the work, from the plaintive to the soaring to the percussive, while Hannu Lintu’s attentive reading opens up Fagerlund’s complex score with space and clarity.

September 2021

[The Cello Concerto] is beautifully played by Altstaedt, who uses his instrument from top to bottom…but it’s Fagerlund’s trilogy that’s essential listening.

Sebastian Fagerlund: Nomade & WaterAtlas

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