FAGERLUND
Mana
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Full Score
SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (2014) Mana
POD PETERS on demand
Commissioned by Borletti Buitoni Trust, Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
First performance on the 6th of December 2014 at the Lahti Concert Hall by Bram van Sambeek and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Okko Kamu.
Instrumentation
2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo)
2 Oboes (2nd doubling English Horn)
2 Clarinets in Bb (2nd doubling Bass Clarinet in Bb)
2 Bassoons (2nd doubling Contrabassoon)
2 Horns in F
2 Trumpets in C
2 Trombones Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (2 players)
1. Tubular bells, Glockenspiel, Tam-tam (large), Thai Gongs (eb1, d1, a, g, f#, d, G),
2 Suspended cymbals, Wood blocks.
2. Vibraphone, Tam-tam (medium), Crotales, Bell tree, Triangle, Bass drum, 4 Suspended cymbals.
Piano
Solo Bassoon
Strings
Duration ca 19 min.
Sebastian Fagerlund
Sebastian Fagerlund (b. 1972) has established himself as one of the most prominent European composers of his generation. He studied composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under the guidance of Erkki Jokinen and received his diploma in composition in 2004. Important aspects of Fagerlund’s work are his interest in large-scale forms and his profoundly held view of music as an expression of fundamental questions and existential experiences. His works have been commissioned and performed by numerous major orchestras, leading conductors and musicians all over the world, and span a wide variety of genres from opera to chamber and solo.
Sebastian Fagerlund (*1972) ist einer der führenden europäischen Komponisten seiner Generation. Er studierte Komposition bei Erkki Jokinen an der Sibelius-Akademie in Helsinki und erhielt 2004 sein Diplom. Wichtige Aspekte von Fagerlunds Wirken sind sein Interesse an großangelegten Formen und seine Überzeugung, dass Musik grundlegende Fragen und existentielle Erfahrungen zum Ausdruck bringt. Seine Werke wurden von zahlreichen bekannten Orchestern, herausragenden Dirigenten und Musikern auf der ganzen Welt in Auftrag gegeben und aufgeführt. Fagerlunds Schaffen umfasst ein breites Spektrum unterschiedlicher Gattungen von der Oper über Kammermusik bis hin zu solistischen Werken.
Photo © Simon van Boxte