Kai Nieminen: Palomar (Naxos Audio CD)

Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla
Mikko Raasakka, clarinet
Patrick Gallois, flute & conductor

The music of Finnish composer Kai Nieminen does not conform to any “isms”. He remarks: “I feel like I am a painter in music, who having seen or experienced something attempts to give that something a shape in music.”

The flute concerto Palomar was written for Patrick Gallois, soloist and conductor on this disc. The clarinet concerto Through Shadows I Can Hear Ancient Voices was inspired by the Italian Antonio Tabucchi’s novel Notturno indiano. In Vicoli in ombra we meander through the misty alleys of Rome, encountering strangers.

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