Kaija Saariaho’s works: a video playlist (non exhaustive)

To respond to numerous requests, we are making an inventory of video and audio recordings of Kaija’s works freely accessible on Internet, which we will update regularly.

Here is a selection of video recordings.

See also the audio playlist: www.petals.org/Saariaho/Audio-playlist.html

and the interviews & documentaries playlist www.petals.org/Saariaho/Interviews&Docs-playlist.html

- Yle (Finnish TV) website Saariaho’s video recordings: areena.yle.fi/tv/ohjelmat/30-3813

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MOST RECENT PREMIERES VIDEO RECORDINGS

- HUSH (trumpet concerto, her ultimate work; Pohjola, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mälkki): areena.yle.fi/1-66089818

- Saarikoski Songs (Komsi, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oramo): youtube.com/watch?v=rx9GR_12p48 (English subtitles)

- Vista (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Mälkki): vimeo.com/551636718

- Reconnaissance (her last choral piece; Helsinki Chamber Choir & Uusinta Ensemble, Schweckendiek): youtube.com/watch?v=5lC2AxpJnio (English subtitles)

- Innocence (her last opera, Premiered in Festival d’Aix en Provence, London Symphony Orchestra, Mälkki): youtube.com/watch?v=UsrzrSJmcOA (French subtitles)

SOME OTHER CONCERTOS VIDEO RECORDINGS

- Notes on Light (cello concerto, Karttunen, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Mälkki):

helsinkikanava.fi/fi/web/helsinkikanava/player/event/view?eventId=190604330

- Aile du Songe (flute concerto, Chase, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Mälkki): areena.yle.fi/1-50768073

- D’om le vrai sens (clarinet concerto, Krikku, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Salonen): I youtube.com/watch?v=hU_G-EGWRsw

II youtube.com/watch?v=ybadMgqnV8Q III youtube.com/watch?v=3bbNE3eUCYU

IV youtube.com/watch?v=8pZtkjBK1TE

- Trans (harp concerto, de Maistre, Finnish Radio Orchestra, Lintu):

I youtube.com/watch?v=F0LbM7Y9P6Y II youtube.com/watch?v=uDQs6-vlCRg

- Maan Varjot (Earth's Shadows: for organ & orchestra, Latry, Göteborg Synfoniker, Rouvali):

gso.se/en/gsoplay/video/saariaho-maan-varjot-earths-shadows/

- Maan Varjot (Earth's Shadows: for organ & orchestra, Lehtola, Helsinki Symphony Orchestra, Saraste):

areena.yle.fi/1-67582435

SOME OTHER ORCHESTRAL VIDEO RECORDINGS

- Verblendungen (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Mälkki): vimeo.com/763784394

- Orion (Orchestre National de France, Elts): youtube.com/watch?v=wQLJBjxr7sk

- Circle Map (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mälkki): areena.yle.fi/1-2642815

- Laterna Magica (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oramo): areena.yle.fi/1-50156390

S0ME OTHER VOCAL & ORCHESTRAL VIDEO RECORDINGS

- Mirage (Mattila, Karttunen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lintu): youtube.com/watch?v=aDz5g11BZu0

- True Fire (Finley, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lintu): areena.yle.fi/1-4311096

- True Fire (Tines, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Elts):

youtube.com/watch?v=B5tVrHKIr8I (English subtitles)

youtube.com/watch?v=AN9UuDavWVI&t=934s (sous-titres Français)

- Quatre Instants (orchestral version, Vourc’h):

youtube.com/watch?v=ZH_NXhoYxR0 youtube.com/watch?v=PX4TskDdpXA

- Leino Songs (Buck, Orchestra of League of Composers, Karchin, 2017):

youtube.com/watch?v=eSItFnqmeew

OTHER OPERA VIDEO RECORDINGS

- L’Amour de loin (Finley, Groop, Usphaw, Sellars, Finnish National Opera & Chorus, Salonen): youtube.com/watch?v=aP9A3Y1BWF4 (Spanish subtitles)

- La Passion de Simone (chamber version, Bullock, Sellars, ICE, Roomful of Teeth, Carneiro): youtube.com/watch?v=1auH7AtE7Fg

La Passion de Simone (Sydney Chamber Opera, 2018): vimeo.com/314376223

- La Passion de Simone (von Otter, Royal Swedish Opera, Karlsen, 2021):

bilibili.com/video/BV1UU4y1x7U8/

MISC. VIDEO RECORDINGS

- Lonh (Upshaw): youtube.com/watch?v=CUHX-HAnbfM&t=155s

- Près (Descharmes): youtube.com/watch?v=koNNqLlWTz0

- Près (Karttunen): youtube.com/watch?v=I2-4vjX_QRg

- Vent Nocturne (Knox): I youtube.com/watch?v=9ZiepkhWstE II youtube.com/watch?v=ivXQA1nm8EM

- Vent Nocturne (Redolfo): youtube.com/watch?v=ug9t6__zRS0

- Frises (Cuckson): vimeo.com/696809082#t=34m37s

- 7 Papillons (Karttunen): youtube.com/watch?v=lnJEG76otys

- Spins and Spells (Itzkoff): youtube.com/watch?v=HeosrKwu258

- Lullaby (Karttunen): youtube.com/watch?v=-zLlqx6Vm-4

- Fall (Contrechamps, Bassand, Poissonnier): youtube.com/watch?v=vg3aCLwK5gI

- Laconisme de l’aile (Caroli): youtube.com/watch?v=vro9MqIgtJo

- Dolce Tormento (EIC, Ophèle): youtube.com/watch?v=5nhZrcWeWcQ&t=345s

- Folia (Lang): gso.se/en/gsoplay/video/saariaho-folia

- Oi Kuu (Stern, Arnberg): gso.se/en/gsoplay/video/oi-kuu

- Tocar (Ho, Pogossian): youtube.com/watch?v=-tSe1XKlRTU

- Aure (Cassini, Bathgate): youtube.com/watch?v=RxWA_HVqA1o

- Cloud Trio (Court-circuit, Greffin-Klein, Gendek, Descharmes): youtube.com/watch?v=WLsJ5VODZ3U

- Light and Matter (Arc Ensemble, Koh, Karttunen): vimeo.com/429663819 #t=88m25s

- Cendres (Hakkila, Kortelainen, Karttunen): youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0oQ0ks-s0&t=1078s

- Changing Light (version for soprano & violin, Barrière, De Mones): youtube.com/watch?v=8mqC1l95pNk

- Quatre Instants (piano version, Garnier, Bensaid): youtube.com/watch?v=mT8h-xEonNI

- Sotka Souti (Kankaanranta, Lindeberg): youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0oQ0ks-s0&t=1700s

- Die Aussicht (version soprano, flute, piano & cello; Lindeberg, Kortelainen, Hakkila, Karttunen): youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0oQ0ks-s0&t=3023s

- Die Aussicht (version for soprano & string quartet, Ardeo Quartet, De Mones): youtube.com/watch?v=Y58DkQU5KaE

- Grammaire des rêves (Halcyon): youtube.com/watch?v=kstpz81eWoQ

- Kesäpäivä (Maitrise de Radio France, Ensemble Links, Sofi Jeannin) youtube.com/watch?v=qglzYBnelLo

- Light Still and Moving (Hoitenga, Kankaanranta): youtube.com/watch?v=5LqeSi8YmuQ

- Nymphea (Quatuor Adastra): youtube.com/watch?v=PZmzZxZyClA

- Terra Memoria (Pollock Quartet): youtu.be/0UMRl5iBOt0

- Jing (Lindeberg, Karttunen): youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0oQ0ks-s0&t=2504s

- Terrestre (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Chase): youtube.com/watch?v=P5DVkqwEyZA

- Solar (Esmuc, Martinez Izquierdo): youtube.com/watch?v=XE_HCEHdhoY&t=2s

- Sombre (Hoitenga, Belcher, Da Camera): youtube.com/watch?v=XE_HCEHdhoY&t=2s

- Forty Heartbeats (Secession Orchestra, Mao-Takacs): youtube.com/watch?v=ywnVXmSfEi8

- Asteroid 4179: Toutatis (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Rouvali): youtube.com/watch?v=hamSb113LKw

SOME WORKS WITH VIDEO

- Nocturne (A. Barrière): youtube.com/watch?v=t8I43WEEooE

- NoaNoa (Hoitenga): youtube.com/watch?v=u5LlbNFOQeA

- Lonh (Kennedy): youtube.com/watch?v=NCGfM3n20y0

- A Dance Video on Spins & Spells (Karttunen, Theocharidis): youtube.com/watch?v=qETcbzc7wWs

- La Passion de Simone (Part 8, Lamb, Veggetti): youtube.com/video/fpL_K9ZElns

- Nox Borealis (video installation on Lichtbogen, Lintu, Avanti!): youtu.be/r10KSEkH8K8

SOME OPERA EXCERPTS:

- L’Amour de loin "Ben tenc lo Seignor per verai » (Finnish National Opera, 2002):

youtube.com/watch?v=pv4Rh9n--6o

- L’Amour de loin scène du pèlerin (Finnish National Opera, 2002)):

youtube.com/watch?v=gHuO2JjT7UY
- L'Amour de Loin: "Si tu t'appelles Amour » (Metropolitan Opera, 2016):

youtube.com/watch?v=DKBm9mKWJVU

- L'Amour de Loin: Storm sequence (Metropolitan Opera, 2016):

youtube.com/watch?v=ZyuviBLGLf0
- L'Amour de Loin: « Jamais d’amour je ne jouirai » (Metropolitan Opera, 2016):

youtube.com/watch?v=wUndI8w6GV4
- L'Amour de Loin: « Je l’ai vu, Pèlerin» (Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, 2017):

youtube.com/watch?v=FuquG9iYqwE

- Adriana Mater at Opéra Bastille (INA, 2006):

fresques.ina.fr/europe-des-cultures-fr/fiche-media/Europe00345/extrait-de-l-opera-adriana-mater-de-kaija-saariaho.html

- Emilie (Charleston Spoleto Festival; 2011):

youtube.com/watch?v=aBxb4kyc6Gw

- Emilie: 2 extracts (Salzburg Landestheater, 2014):

youtube.com/watch?v=qrSTlQe0ekY

- Only the Sound Remains (Dutch National Opera, 2017):

- youtube.com/watch?v=WWsbvuvP-C4

SOME OPERA TRAILERS/TEASERS:

- L’Amour de loin (Ural Opera, 2022): youtube.com/watch?v=De0jF1ey23E

- L’Amour de loin (Opera Köln, 2021): youtube.com/watch?v=K78oW_rKMCs

- L'Amour de loin (Palacio de Ballas Arts, Mexico, 2021): youtube.com/watch?v=2hkKPBnSX-A

- L'Amour de loin at the MET (Metropolitan Opera, 2016): youtube.com/watch?v=XkhaI6Nv-8Y

- L’Amour de loin (Landestheater Linz, 2015): youtube.com/watch?v=CM9q57KpZRU&t=12s

- L’Amour de loin (Janáčkova Opera, 2016): youtube.com/watch?v=kapOtbPGCZI

- L’Amour de loin (English National Opera, 2009): youtube.com/watch?v=XfHqNCae1Lo

- L’Amour de loin (Volkstheater Rostock, 2009): youtube.com/watch?v=eSZCflxB8jI

- L’Amour de loin (Opera Ballet Vlaandern, 2010): youtube.com/watch?v=84zuMUGvjnc

- L’Amour de loin (Canadian Opera Company, 2012): youtube.com/watch?v=RPj280s_76k

- L’Amour de loin (Bergen Opera Fest, 2008): youtube.com/watch?v=pfyEmDzkHlw

- Adriana Mater (Savonlinna Opera Festival, 2008): youtube.com/watch?v=haKTjmA69s4

- La Passion de Simone (Royal Swedish Opera, 2023):youtube.com/watch?v=7Sw18dgJHKo&t=21s

- La Passion de Simone (La Chambre aux echos, 2017): youtube.com/watch?v=M-j1x0V1pJg

- La Passion de Simone (Sydney Festival, 2019): youtube.com/watch?v=_cWPqpbgPIU

- Emilie (Opera de Lyon, 2010): youtube.com/watch?v=2uKGZFV2LSE

- Emilie (Finnish National Opera, 2015): youtube.com/watch?v=EnHbkuVL_7k

- Emilie (Salzburg Landestheater, 2014): youtube.com/watch?v=UP_TO2axVz0

- Only the Sound Remains (Opéra de Paris, 2015): youtube.com/watch?v=kMxbhf6btYg

- Only the Sound Remains (Opéra de Paris, 2018): youtube.com/watch?v=XwghXnAeqsU

- Only the Sound Remains (Teatro Real, 2018): youtube.com/watch?v=NIbBf8q9SFI

- Only the Sound Remains (Festival Musica, 2022): youtube.com/watch?v=QQ0Qod2Y9wE

- Innocence (Festival d’Aix, 2021): youtube.com/watch?v=pBDA4Hh6npc&t=3s

- Innocence (Finnish National Opera, 2022): youtube.com/watch?v=HmErm0Ablx0

- Innocence at Covent Garden:(English National Opera, 2022): youtube.com/watch?v=b4qxahPRnhY- Innocence: a psychological thriller on an opera stage (Dutch National Opera, 2023):

youtube.com/watch?v=4mn9ZYRExnI

Detailed list of Yle’s (Finnish TV) website Saariaho’s video recordings:

areena.yle.fi/tv/ohjelmat/30-3813

Concerts

- Saarikoski Songs (Komsi, RSO, Oramo) : https://areena.yle.fi/1-65518274

- 6 Japanese Gardens (Yasuda) : https://areena.yle.fi/1-63664923

- HUSH (HKO, Mälkki) : https://areena.yle.fi/1-66089818

- Vista (HKO, Mälkki): https://areena.yle.fi/1-50946353

- Maan Varjot (RSO, Lehtola) : https://areena.yle.fi/1-2802515

- Circle Map (RSO, Mälkki) : https://areena.yle.fi/1-2642815

- Laterna Magica (RSO, Oramo) : https://areena.yle.fi/1-50156390

- Nocturne & Tocar https://areena.yle.fi/1-2802661