Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) has been called Finland's most
notable musical export after Sibelius. His prolific output includes
eleven operas; eight symphonies; eleven concertos; choral works for
the Orthodox, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches; secular choral
works; chamber music; vocal solos; and keyboard works. Many of
these works were commissioned by internationally known performers
and ensembles including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Richard Stoltzman,
Hilary Hahn, Anne Akiko Meiers, Gerald Finley, the Philadelphia
Orchestra, and the Juilliard School of Music Orchestra. Perhaps
most frequently performed are his Cantus Arcticus, a concerto for
recorded arctic birds and orchestra, Angel of Light, his seventh
symphony, and the Lorca choral suite depicting Death as a stalker
in a Spanish village. Rautavaara's Journey in Music is divided into
two sections; the first a biography and discussion of works that
show his various style changes, from neoclassical, to twelve-tone,
to neoromantic, and finally to a personal expressive style
combining elements of twelve-tone and tonality. The second part
divides his works by genre and gives more detailed information of
stylistic analysis, libretto, provenance, and, often, reception.
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