The Origin of Fire
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It premiered on 9 April 1902 at the opening of the Finnish National Theatre, conducted by the composer. It was later revised in 1910. Some of the sketches for the piece can be related back to 1893 to 1894.
Instrumentation
The revised version of The Origin of Fire is scored for the following instruments and voices,Template:Sfn organized by family (vocalists, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings):
- Baritone and male choir (TTBB)
- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, and 2 bassoons
- 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tuba
- Timpani, glockenspiel, bass drum, cymbals, and triangle
- Violins (I and II), violas, cellos, and double basses
The original version of the piece is scored identically, with the exception that triangle is omitted.Template:Sfn
Discography
The American conductor Thor Johnson and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra made the world premiere studio recording of The Origin of Fire in 1953 for Remington Records (later reissued by Varèse Sarabande); they were joined by the Finnish baritone Template:Ill and the YL Male Voice Choir (then the Helsinki University Chorus).Template:Sfn The sortable table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:
| No. | Conductor | Orchestra | Baritone | Chorus | Rec.Template:Efn | TimeTemplate:Efn | Venue | Label | Ref. |
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| 1 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | Script error: No such module "sort". | YL Male Voice Choir (1) | 1953 | 8:47 | ? | Varèse Sarabande | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 2 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra | Script error: No such module "sort". | YL Male Voice Choir (2) Estonian National Male Choir |
1985 | 8:34 | Kulttuuritalo | EMI | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 3 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Script error: No such module "sort". | Template:Ill | 1985 | 9:54 | Gothenburg Concert Hall | BIS | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 4 | Script error: No such module "sort". (1) | Lahti Symphony Orchestra (1) | Script error: No such module "sort". (1) | YL Male Voice Choir (3) | 2005 | 9:03 | Sibelius Hall | BIS | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| † | Script error: No such module "sort". (2) | Lahti Symphony Orchestra (2) | Script error: No such module "sort". (2) | YL Male Voice Choir (4) | 2005 | 11:20 | Sibelius Hall | BIS | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
† = original version (1902)
Notes, references, and sources
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External links
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