I'm thrilled that Kortekangas set my poems into the music. "Migrations" is well matched to the driving and intense Kullervo, composed by Sibelius. The Minnesota Orchestra performance, conducted by Osmo Vänskä, recorded here on CD, is stunning and beautiful.
Here are awesome reviews:
The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/23/sibelius-kullervo-etc-kortekangas-migrations-cd-review-vanska-minnesota-orchestra?CMP=share_btn_link
Helsinki Sanomat:
http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/levyarvostelu/art-2000005097084.html
San Francisco Chronicle: http://www.sfchronicle.com/music/article/Sibelius-Kullervo-review-10934690.php
Klassik Heute (Germany)
http://www.klassik-heute.com/4daction/www_medien_einzeln?id=22157
Pizzicato: Remy Frank's Journal about Classical Music (Luxemburg)
http://www.pizzicato.lu/finnisches-vom-feinsten/
Infodad.com / TransCentury Communications
http://transcentury.blogspot.fi/2017/03/new-explorations.html
MusicWeb International (United Kingdom)
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2017/Mar/Sibelius_Kullervo_BIS9048.htm#
Finnish Music Quarterly
http://www.fmq.fi/2017/05/minnesotan-memories-of-migration/
Crescendo Magazine (Belgium) Apr 7, 2017
http://www.crescendo-magazine.be/limmigration-finlandaise-en-musique/
The CD is available anywhere, but also at: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/merchandise/cds-a-merchandise
To get the poems: http://www.wildwoodriver.com/ The four poems are drawn from the books Cloud Birds and Echo and Lightning.
RondoClassic Magazine. (Helsinki, Finland):
