Jukka-Pekka Saraste (born April 22, 1956) is a Finnish conductor. He traine… Read Full Bio ↴Jukka-Pekka Saraste (born April 22, 1956) is a Finnish conductor. He trained as a violinist, and later studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula, in the same class as Esa-Pekka Salonen and Osmo Vänskä.
With the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (YLE), Saraste was co-principal second violinist and later an associate to Leif Segerstam. He was chief conductor of the YLE from 1987-2001, and is currently its Conductor Laureate. Regarded as a champion of Finnish music, he recorded the complete symphonies of Jean Sibelius with the YLE.
Jukka-Pekka Saraste is a founding member of the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra and founded the Tammisaari Festival. He was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Music in 2000. He has received a Doctor honoris causa from the University of York, and he is a Sibelius Medalist.
Outside of Finland, Saraste was the Music Director of the Toronto Symphony from 1994-2001. The later years of his tenure were marked by strife over the orchestra's financial difficulties, several musicians' strikes, and his unsuccessful efforts to improve the acoustics at Roy Thomson Hall. He chose not to renew his contract when it expired, though he returned there for several guest appearances.
He served as principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2005. In August 2006 he succeeded André Previn as music director of the Oslo Philharmonic.
In December 2006, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra announced that Saraste would become the artistic advisor to the orchestra from 2008 through 2011, and artistic director of the Lahti Sibelius Festival in 2008.
With the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (YLE), Saraste was co-principal second violinist and later an associate to Leif Segerstam. He was chief conductor of the YLE from 1987-2001, and is currently its Conductor Laureate. Regarded as a champion of Finnish music, he recorded the complete symphonies of Jean Sibelius with the YLE.
Jukka-Pekka Saraste is a founding member of the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra and founded the Tammisaari Festival. He was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Music in 2000. He has received a Doctor honoris causa from the University of York, and he is a Sibelius Medalist.
Outside of Finland, Saraste was the Music Director of the Toronto Symphony from 1994-2001. The later years of his tenure were marked by strife over the orchestra's financial difficulties, several musicians' strikes, and his unsuccessful efforts to improve the acoustics at Roy Thomson Hall. He chose not to renew his contract when it expired, though he returned there for several guest appearances.
He served as principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2005. In August 2006 he succeeded André Previn as music director of the Oslo Philharmonic.
In December 2006, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra announced that Saraste would become the artistic advisor to the orchestra from 2008 through 2011, and artistic director of the Lahti Sibelius Festival in 2008.
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Adagio for Strings Op. 11
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Eduardo Escobar
I get goose bumps every time I listen this Adagio for Strings op. 11. Thank you very much! Greetings from Houston 👏👏👏👏👏
Fabius Graco
Fantástico a música de Barbear. Ele provoca reflexão sobre a essência das coisas.
Lucien Musici
Adagio for Strings is arguably his best known work by Samuel Barber, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Opus 11. The composer completed the arrangement in 1936, the same year he wrote the quartet. The Adagio could have been composed much earlier, so far removed is its writing from what was done in the 1930s. It really has a particularly penetrating meditative character, close to certain religious canticles. The slow tempo, the stretched rhythms (some notes last 10 beats) contribute to give elevation to this piece. The repetition of the main theme, alternated with a second theme, from beginning to end gives the impression of a litany. The main theme is ascending. It is written like the long melismas of the Middle Ages, supported
by the other voices in broad chords which follow one another while sliding. The extended middle section continues the main playing
of the cellos in a mezzo-soprano tessitura. The first phrase returns like a refrain played in several voices, sometimes shortcut, or well concluded differently. Its various movements lead to a wide crescendo which culminates in a fortissimo peak of all the voices, the violins playing in superacute register. An extended silence and a few chords follow with a brief series of elegiac strings for this part
of the work, announcing the muted reprise of the beginning, leading after a last melisma to the high point. This composition is considered by many to be the most popular of all 20th century orchestral works. The Adagio by Samuel Barber has some similarities with the Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler. Music is a beautiful refuge against the imperfection of the world. Lucien
Navaneethakrishnan S
Incredible touching my soul, great.
M M
Wonderful !
Congratulation WDR Sinfonieorchester.
Congratulation Cristian Măcelaru.
Martin Kahler
Zeitlos ist dies Werk von Barber 🌸 danke für die angenehme Darbietung 🌸
🐾Team Sintti🐾
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Thank you & greetings from Finland ❕
Александр Кузнецов
Very simbolic these days. Make love not war. Greetings from Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Francisco Ferrer Galiana
MARAVILLOSO
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GRACIAS <3