JOHN ADAMS, conductor
NORA NISKANEN, clarinet

Claude Debussy Premiere Rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra
John Adams Frenzy: a short symphony (Finnish Premiere)
Gabriella Smith Tumblebird Contrails
Claude Debussy La Mer

Klo 17.30 Johdatus konserttiin / Minna Lindgren

Tickets: 39–15 € / 35–15 € retirees / 25–15 € children, students, unemployed

Legendary American composer John Adams returns to conduct Lahti Symphony after a four-year hiatus. This time, Adams leads the audience into a fast lane towards the subconscious; uncontrollable enthusiasm and momentary intoxication intertwine with experiences of rest and peace.

Adams' recent orchestral work Frenzy: a short symphony is an 18-minute mini-symphony that pulses to the rhythm of the information environment that now controls our ability to concentrate. A different reality is represented by Gabriela Smith's Tumblebird Contrails, a snapshot of marine tranquility in which the smallness of man meets the greatness of natural forces.

Claude Debussy's impressionist style defined the direction of French music at the turn of the last century. His international breakthrough work, La Mer, written in 1905, is a symphonic wave and a classic of impressionist music, in the waves of which all the colors of the orchestra sparkle.

Listen online: https://areena.yle.fi/1-75853629

Watch: https://sinfonialahti.fi/tallenteet/hetkia-hurmoksessa/