Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Esa-Pekka Salonen's Saxophone Concerto, subtitled "...auf den ersten Blick und ohne zu wissen..." (roughly translates to "at first glance and without knowing") is dedicated to saxophonist Pekka Savijoki. Salonen himself wrote in the program notes:
"The present concerto is my most extensive work so far, and in its way summarises the experience I have gained by exploring the expressive potential of new music ever since writing my Nachtelieder. I began working on the Concerto in Milan while studying with Niccolò Castiglioni; it took me eleven months, but the overall plan of the composition was clear due to me about half-way through that period of time. Already when working with the sketches I felt that the new work would become not only a culmination of all I had written so far, but also a model for new elements. These new features imply a salute to Debussy and Ravel and the Italian modernists, but also to the Amrican minimal music. (The revolution in orchestral thinking implied by the Seventh Symphony of Sibelius surely must, on its part, affect the orchestral composers of later times). The titles for the single movements are fragments from Kafka's The Process, in that they are passages he ruled out and had deleted before the final version of his book went to press. These subtitles are not descriptive, but they do tell something important: The events in Kafka's work are quite improbable, measured with the logic of ordinary life - bu tin a phantasy world everything is inevitable, self-evident, and natural. As a subtitle for the Concerto as a whole I chose that of the second movement: "…auf den ersten Blick und ohne zu wissen…"."
COMPOSER: Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
SAXOPHONE: Pekka Savijoki
ORCHESTRA: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - I.
7:56 - II. (Attacca)
10:56 - III.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen's Saxophone Concerto, subtitled "...auf den ersten Blick und ohne zu wissen..." (roughly translates to "at first glance and without knowing") is dedicated to saxophonist Pekka Savijoki. Salonen himself wrote in the program notes:
"The present concerto is my most extensive work so far, and in its way summarises the experience I have gained by exploring the expressive potential of new music ever since writing my Nachtelieder. I began working on the Concerto in Milan while studying with Niccolò Castiglioni; it took me eleven months, but the overall plan of the composition was clear due to me about half-way through that period of time. Already when working with the sketches I felt that the new work would become not only a culmination of all I had written so far, but also a model for new elements. These new features imply a salute to Debussy and Ravel and the Italian modernists, but also to the Amrican minimal music. (The revolution in orchestral thinking implied by the Seventh Symphony of Sibelius surely must, on its part, affect the orchestral composers of later times). The titles for the single movements are fragments from Kafka's The Process, in that they are passages he ruled out and had deleted before the final version of his book went to press. These subtitles are not descriptive, but they do tell something important: The events in Kafka's work are quite improbable, measured with the logic of ordinary life - bu tin a phantasy world everything is inevitable, self-evident, and natural. As a subtitle for the Concerto as a whole I chose that of the second movement: "…auf den ersten Blick und ohne zu wissen…"."
COMPOSER: Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
SAXOPHONE: Pekka Savijoki
ORCHESTRA: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - I.
7:56 - II. (Attacca)
10:56 - III.
Please be aware that all of the music (and images) featured in this video belong to their respective owners, and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. I upload these solely for archiving purposes, and for the sharing and enjoyment of great music. Monetization is not enabled. If you are the rightful owner of copyrighted material used and would like the video removed from YouTube, please, instead of reporting/striking my channel, leave a comment below with your statement and I will take the video down effective immediately.
