"Einojuhani Rautavaara's ""Vigilia"": From Cathedral to Concert Hall"
Friesen, Elroy Duane
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Title
"Einojuhani Rautavaara's ""Vigilia"": From Cathedral to Concert Hall"
Author(s)
Friesen, Elroy Duane
Issue Date
2010
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Alwes, Chester
Department of Study
Music
Discipline
Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
D.M.A.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Music
Language
eng
Abstract
Einojuhani Rauatavaara (b Helsinki, 9 Oct 1928) is Finland's preeminent contemporary composer, known internationally for both his symphonic and choral music. His Vigilia was commissioned by the Helsinki Festival and the Orthodox Church of Finland for the Uspenki Cathedral in Helsinki. Rautavaara first composed the work in two parts, Vespers (1971) and Matins (1972), later combining these two services into an integrated whole designed for conce rt performance. This dissertation conveys the sum of the author's experiences preparing the score, planning choral rehearsals and conducting a live performance of the work recorded and broadcast nationally by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). In that respect, the lessons learned from personal conversations with Rautavaara himself, with Tarja von Creutlein who is the leading authority on this piece, and from the insights into pronunciation of the Finnish text garnered through hours of coaching with Jaakko Mantyjarvi, a highly-- esteemed choral composer and linguist, will, hopefully, allow choral conductors to gain an enhanced understanding both of the liturgical and historical contexts of this amazing work. To that end, the author specifically discusses those aspects of Rautavaara's process that proved most elusive to him and his choir---the unique harmonic language and the lyricism of the Finnish language that inspired it.
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