INNEN/SISÄLLÄ

Helsingin kamarikuoro
ensemble recherche (Germany)
Nils Schweckendiek, conductor

The Helsinki Chamber Choir was due to give the world premiere of Vito Žuraj's new work INNEN / SISÄLLÄ in September 2020, but the pandemic intervened: now the work will finally be heard for the first time. Setting a specially commissioned libretto by Händl Klaus, SISÄLLÄ explores the idea of creativity unhindered by disability, taking as its point of departure the painter Monet's gradual loss of sight. This first collaboration between the Helsinki Chamber Choir and Freiburg-based ensemble recherche also features a virtuoso solo piece for female singer and instrumental ensemble by the Swedish composer Malin Bång, and works by Lotta Wennäkoski, Perttu Haapanen and Franck Bedrossian.

The concert in Helsinki 15 February is part of the Musica Nova festival. There is a conversation only in Finnish with visual artists before the concert at 15.00 in the Music Centre’s lower foyer discussing creativity. The event has free admission. Artists interviewed are visual artists Maarit Hedman and Riina Noro; the interviewer is freelancer, dancer Maija Karhunen.

In collaboration with: ensemble recherche, Musica Nova, ACHT BRÜCKEN, Autism Fund, Tilaa taiteilijuuteen -hanke

Commission funded by Helsinki Chamber Choir, Beethoven Jubiläums-Gesellschaft and ACHT BRÜCKEN | Musik für Köln, supported by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung