On the last frontier : a fantasy for chorus and orchestra

On the last frontier : a fantasy for chorus and orchestra / Einojuhani Rautavaara.

This live recording of the world première of Rautavaara's On the last frontier, with Segerstam conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Finnish Philharmonic Choir, comes from the Finlandia Hall. The inspiration for this powerful work was Edgar Allan Poe's description of a bo...

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Corporate Authors: Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri (Instrumentalist, Performer), Suomen filharmoninen kuoro (Singer, Performer), Chorégies d'Orange (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Segerstam, Leif (Conductor), Cronvall, Aarno (Producer), Rautavaara, Einojuhani, 1928-2016, Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Bristol, England : Digital Classics Distribution, 1999.
Series:Classical Music in Video
Subjects:
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Musical settings.
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
Concert films.
Musical settings.
Concerts filmés.
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Summary:This live recording of the world première of Rautavaara's On the last frontier, with Segerstam conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Finnish Philharmonic Choir, comes from the Finlandia Hall. The inspiration for this powerful work was Edgar Allan Poe's description of a boatload of shipwrecked men, drifting towards the South Pole, approaching a gigantic curtain of fog which draws them into the unknown and includes an introduction in which Rautavaara and Segerstam talk about the composition.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 25, 2014).
Based on the novel The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe.
Physical Description:1 online resource (40 min.).
Playing Time:00:39:47
Production Credits:Aarno Cronvall, producer and director.
Participant or Performer:Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ; Finnish Philharmonic Choir ; Leif Segerstam, conductor.
Language:Spoken portion in English, On the last frontier sung in English.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded at Finlandia Hall.

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