Osmo Vänskä: Kalevi Aho Symphonies Nos 7, 8, 13, Lahti Symphony

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Kalevi Aho: Symphony No. 7, "Insect Symphony"
Conducted by Osmo Vänskä with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.

I. The Parasitic Hymenopter and its Larva (0:00)
II. The Butterflies -- The Foxtrot and Tango of the Butterflies (7:12)
III. The Dungbeetles -- Grief Over the Stolen Ball of Dung (11:49)
IV. The Grasshoppers (15:50)
V. The Ants -- The Working Music of the Ants and War Marches I and II (22:04)
VI. The Dayflies -- Lullaby for the Dead Dayflies (33:18)






Kalevi Aho: Symphony No. 8 (Osmo Vänskä)
Conducted by Osmo Vänskä with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.

I. Introduction (0:00)
II. Scherzo 1 (2:18)
III. Interlude 1 (11:42)
IV. Scherzo 2 (14:31)
V. Interlude 2 (26:33)
VI. Scherzo 3 (30:28)
VII. Interlude 3 (40:19)
VIII. Epilogue (45:57)





Kalevi Aho: Symphony No. 13, "Symphonic Character Studies" 
Conducted by Osmo Vänskä with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.

I. Introduzione - Allegro imperioso - Interludio I - Andante semplice, malinconico - Interludio II - Moderato aristocratico (0:00)
II. Introduzione - Presto violento e allegretto strisciante e accondiscente - Andante triste e rassegnato - Sunto e culminante - Epilogo (18:56)