Description

An old church near Petäjävesi forms the works starting point. Mustonen evokes its history in each of the works movements Die Kirchenbauer, Die Berührung des Heiligen, Dämonen, Der heilige Christophorus and Apotheosis.
After the community of Petäjävesi in the heart of Finland had waited
two years for permission to build the church, they began to build it
themselves in 1763. The small wooden church in the style of a log cabin
stands on a peninsula between two lakes and was listed as a UNESCO World
Cultural Heritage site in 1994.

Instrumentation

2222 2210 12 1, str [pic, ehn, bcl, cbsn]

Category

Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble

Premiere

Kammerorchester Basel, cond. Olli Mustonen, Internationale Orgelwoche Nürnberg, June 29, 2008, Nürnberg, Germany

Movements

I Kirkonrakentajat (The Builders of the Church), II Pyhän kosketus (The Sacred Touch), III Demonit (Demons), IV Pyhä Kristoforos (St. Christopher), V Apotheosis

Commisioned by / dedications

Commissioned by the Menuhin Festival Gstaad

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