Fusen

Today, then, is the day
the melting snowman
is a real man

choir - Jauna muzika
piano - Eglė Kasteckaitė

The Melting Snowman

there might be another version of this ..

mad mad mad

Performed by ensemble Artisans

Not a studio recording ^.^

To Talk About Camp Is Therefore To Betray It (for ensemble and speaker), 2022

Performed by Lukas Pronskus (violin), Vaiga Dainavičiūtė (violin), Rūta Buišaitė (viola), Povilas Paukštė (violoncello)

Vėjo žvilgsniai | for a string quartet

Garbage Sun

Study on Overtones / Improvisation at Ställbergs Gruva was recorded during the May-June 2024 Ung Nordisk Musik composer residency at Ställbergs Gruva, an abandoned iron ore mine. Hartikainen was selected as Finland's representative composer for this residency, which held a theme of "Specificity+." Through site-specific explorations within the Örebro region, questions were asked about the location’s specificity: what significance does it have, to whom does it belong, and what is its relationship to change and transformation?

The recording took place in the old elevator machinery hall of the mine, which originally operated the first elevator that transported miners as deep as 500 meters, where they then switched to another elevator to descend further. The acoustics of the hall were extraordinary; the overtones resonated with astonishing brightness, inviting an exploration of harmonic resonances. With the hall's long reverb and natural support, even a solo saxophone could create walls of sound. Hartikainen's mastery of saxophone overtones made the improvisation sound polyphonic, creating a rich tapestry of sound that filled the space with complex, interwoven layers of melody and harmony, which eventually unraveled into a single note.

Heli Hartikainen (Finland) – tenor saxophone, recording Kaj Mäki-Ullakko (Finland) – mixing, mastering

Study On Overtones / Improvisation At Ställbergs Gruva

Ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi
Carlo Boccadoro - conductor

Grzegorz Pieniek - Still Life With Poisoned Wine And Rotten Fruits

Brain Fog (2018) for recorder, cello, accordion and percussion.
Played by Expan Quartet

Pieniek -  Brain Fog (2018)

"Chronicles of the after bomb" is part of a cycle that works on the ruins, the remains of the instruments, as after a detonation.

Instrumentation: Double trio, electronics and lights:

Voice: Elina Viluma
Performer 1: Lorenzo Derinni
Performer 2: Manuel Alcaraz Clemente
Clarinet: Szilard Benez
Cello: Myriam Garcia Fidalgo
Piano: Patrik Skrilecz
Regie: Davide Gagliardi

Performance:
Elina Viluma and Schallfeld ensemble, October 2019, Theater am Lend

Lorenzo Troiani_Chronicles of the afterbomb

//Contemporary composer//Flutist//I like fast and loud music

To Talk About Camp Is Therefore To Betray It (for ensemble and speaker), 2022

Gintarė Valionytė