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:
Audio-playlist.html
and the interviews & documentaries
playlist: Interviews&Docs-playlist.html
- Yle (Finnish TV) website Saariaho’s video recordings: areena.yle.fi/tv/ohjelmat/30-3813
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):
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):
- 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
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6 Japanese
Gardens (Yasuda) : https://areena.yle.fi/1-63664923
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HUSH (HKO, Mälkki) : https://areena.yle.fi/1-66089818
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Vista (HKO,
Mälkki): https://areena.yle.fi/1-50946353
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Maan Varjot (RSO, Lehtola) : https://areena.yle.fi/1-2802515
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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
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True
Fire (Finley, RSO, Lintu): https://areena.yle.fi/1-4109239
Documentaries {in Finnish}
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Notes on Saariaho : https://areena.yle.fi/1-63664923
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Säveltäjä
Pariisista : https://areena.yle.fi/1-50228724
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Kosmos Kaija Saariaho: https://areena.yle.fi/1-50114800
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Kaija Saariaho 60 vuotta: https://areena.yle.fi/1-1705654
- Ylen aamun kiipit 2020-2021: https://areena.yle.fi/1-50711254
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Suomalaisen salaisus: https://areena.yle.fi/1-2731592
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Puoli
setsemän: https://areena.yle.fi/1-50087952
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Saariaho
hyödyntää sävellystyössään uutta teknologiaa https://areena.yle.fi/1-50127427
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Maailmalla: Kaija Saariaho: https://areena.yle.fi/1-50127960
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Ylen aamun kilpit 2019-2019: https://areena.yle.fi/1-50003324