Commissioned | Tampering Festival 2015 |
Opus Number | 40 |
Dedicated to | Every person around the world suffering from incurable diseases |
Category | Orchestral music |
Year | 2015 |
Duration | 7 min |
Orchestration | string orchestra |
Availibility | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
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.
Infirmus – Listen on Soundcloud
Performances
2015 August 22 World premiere by the Caprico Orchestra conducted by Elisar Riddelin at the Tampering Festival at Tampere Alexander Church
2022 January 14 Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Tabita Berglund – More info
2023 April 20 Vaasa City Orchestra and Seinäjoki City Orchestra conducted by Henri Sigfridsson – More info
2023 April 21 Vaasa City Orchestra and Seinäjoki City Orchestra conducted by Henri Sigfridsson – More info