LAURA MIKKOLA – CANTUS ARCTICUS

Laura Mikkola, piano

Laura Mikkola’s program offers the audience a versatile whole; romanticism, impressionism, contrasts and great emotions. The opening number of the concert is the piano arrangement of Einojuhani Rautavaara’s highly popular work, Cantus Arcticus.

”Peter Lönnqvist and I went to E-J Rautavaara’s home many times while making this arrangement. Cantus Arcticus piano transcription had its première at the Iitti music festival in June 2011. Markku Saarelma from Iitti has developed bird sounds in a unique way” 

E-J Rautavaara (1928-2016): Cantus Arcticus, concerto for birds and orchestra, piano arrangement by Peter Lönnqvist 

Cl. Debussy(1862-1918): Pour le piano 

1. Schumann(1810-1856): Carnaval op.9

Laura Mikkola, piano 

Markku Saarelma, bird sounds