Transit

Transit begins with the middle part of composer Sebastian Fagerlund’s trilogy, Drifts. An initially slowly evolving piece, alluding to formations created by weather, wind and water. The piece Stonework is inspired by rock formations in nature and stone constructions erected by humans around the world, guiding landmarks or ritual sites. About the final part, Water Atlas, Fagerlund has written:

”The main inspirational starting point for the work was the abstract thought of water as an element; its endless and ancient cycle of circulation, evaporation and rain. A cycle which is currently under constant threat due to pollution and climate change.

Finishing the trilogy made me realize how much I in my orchestral music have drawn from Nordic nature. The grand Finnish archipelago and sea with its vast open views as well as the islands with their raw, primary rock continues to provide me with endless inspiration.”

Tuomas Norvio’s sound design is in constant discourse with Fagerlund’s work. Drawing inspiration from the music, IC-98’s sketches and other physical elements on stage, Norvio’s spatial sound design bows to the profoundness of a vast, rugged landscape. Together with Fagerlund’s compositions and Saarinen’s choreography it plays with the micro and the macro. Norvio’s electronic soundscapes aim to emphasize a human being’s internal, mental and physical transit.