Opus Number40
| Commissioned | Tampering Festival 2015 |
| Dedicated to | Every person around the world suffering from incurable diseases |
| Category | Orchestral music |
| Year | 2015 |
| Duration | 7 min |
| Orchestration | string orchestra |
| Availibility | Music Finland |
Program note
The name Infirmus means sick or weak in Latin, and that is what the piece is about: tinnitus, arrhythmia, headaches, bacteria and pain in every form: lingering, underlying or stinging. Also in this piece (as in my string quartet) I quote one of my earlier choral compositions to Psalm 22 with the theme for “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”. This piece is dedicated to every person around the world suffering from incurable diseases and what you would call “rare diseases” or non-acknowledged diseases such as for instance chronicle Lyme.
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Performance
World premiere 22.8.2015 at Tampere Alexander Church