Spaces

 

Ilkka Hammo’s composition concert at Pirkanmaa Music Institute September 25, 2022 at 16:00 (Eteläpuisto 4, 33200 Tampere). 

 

Tickets 15 / 10 € (discount ticket for students, unemployed, pensioners). Cash and MobilePay.

 

Duration: ca. 60 min.

 

Ilkka Hammo's first composition concert ”Spaces” brings the delicate and sonorous sounds of flute, guitar and harpsichord to the magnificent and resonant lobby of the Pirkanmaa Music Institute. The name of the concert comes from the program’s final work Space Reflections, which is now being heard for the first time in front of an audience. Originally composed for the Organo Hall of the Musiikkitalo (Helsinki), the work spreads ensemble of four musicians around the playing space. Local color is added to the concert with Fantasia, commissioned by the Pirkanmaa Cultural Foundation, when Jouko Laivuori masters this virtuoso number with the Cultural Foundation's unique Bruce Kennedy harpsichord. This is the first public concert performance of the work. The actual premiere of the concert is Rainy Day Elegy, which was composed in the same working process than And when it rains… In contrast to the new works, Contrasts from 2007 recalls the beginnings and starting points of Hammo's career as a composer.

 

Programm and performers:

 

Contrasts (2007) for flute, viola and guitar (6')

Martta Jämsä, flute

Anni Tiainen-Hammo, viola

Kasperi Leponiemi, guitar

 

Rainy Day Elegy (premiere) (2020) for guitar (2')

Olli Hirvanen, guitar

 

And when it rains... (2020) for flute and guitar (8')

Johanna Kärkkäinen, flute

Olli Hirvanen, guitar

 

Fantasia (2021) for harpsichord (12')

Jouko Laivuori, harpsichord

 

Space Reflections (2020) for solo guitar and ensemble (24')

Andrzej Wilkus, solo guitar

Martta Jämsä, flute

Kasperi Leponiemi, guitar

Johanna Kärkkäinen, flute

 

The concert has been supported by The Society of Finnish Composers, The Finnish Music Foundation and The City of Tampere.