Scandinavian and Baltic Music
Olli Mustonen
In Northern Lights, we devote an hour every week exclusively to Scandinavian and Baltic music. Our musical search knows no boundaries, taking us from the old to the new, from the familiar to the decidedly less familiar. That alco includes the entire spectrum of quasi-classical music and crossover styles. Today’s programme features the first album release of Taivaanvalot, a symphony by Ollie Mustonen, as well as the first of three viola concertos written for Brazilian violist Rafaell Altino.
In this programme
Olli Mustonen
Taivaanvalot (Heavenly Lights), Symphony for Tenor, Cello and Piano (2016)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
Olli Mustonen (piano)
CD: Heavenly Lights (2026)
Alpha Classics ALPHA1292
Karsten Fundal
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (2008)
Odense Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Bleuse
Rafaell Altino (viola)
CD: Karsten Fundal, Christian Winther Christensen & Søren Nils Eichberg: Viola Concertos (2026)
Dacapo 8224775
