3.10 An Iceland Symphony, on the ...

3.10 An Iceland Symphony, on the Lake, Early in the Morning

What Now with Simo by Simo Sakari Aaltonen

Episode notes

Early morning on the lake — An Iceland Symphony: A Theatrical Symphony for All Ages — First large-scale composition — Book of sheet music — 21 sections — Calls for performers of all ages — Started writing in early 2019 in Iceland — All of Iceland and all Icelanders — Children and teenagers and adults — A land where childhood is still possible — Grocery store anecdote — “Pabbi” (“Father”) — The voice of a child who had had a genuinely happy, safe childhood — Good families and bad families — Good conditions and bad conditions — Children are the future — People of more advanced years — General respect for elders in Iceland — Works created to last — Philip Glass on how you have to write for the future — Musical languages — Guided only by own taste, feeling, and intuition — On the form of this symphony — Theatrical — Stage actions, staging, a ... 

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