A.-H. Nikkinen: Regards from Montes de Toledo

Описание: Premiere of Auri-Helena Nikkinen's trio Regards from Montes de Toledo for flute, guitar and violoncello. Recorded live in a concert on the 13th of June, 2024, in the Sibelius-Academy Concert Hall, Helsinki.

Performers:
Tuule-Helin Krigul, flute
Teuvo Taimioja, guitar
Otto Nuoranne, cello

Program note:
Regards from Montes de Toledo is a trio for flute, guitar and violoncello. The title of the piece refers to receiving regards from a loved one from somewhere far away. It describes the feeling of getting a letter from someone important to you, maybe a friend, a lover or a family member. The music aims to demonstrate how you can experience all kinds of feelings, joy, melancholy and longing, second hand, simply by reading a letter.

The piece has a lot of references to Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez which has been a very important piece to me since I was a small child. Whenever I had a fever as a kid, I would just lay on my back with my guitar on my stomach, and with the worst playing ergonomy imaginable, try to play the beginning of the second movement of the concerto. That, although did not sound too amazing since guitar was about my fourth instrument, always brought me great solace in my sickness, and for that I am forever grateful to Joaquín Rodrigo.


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