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Vents et lyres

(2024-25)

recorder and mezzo-soprano solo, 3(II=alto, III=picc)23(III=bcl)2-2211-02-hp-strings

Duration: 21'

Vents et lyres (“Winds and Lyres”)

solo part for sopranino, soprano, alto and tenor recorder, voice flute and mezzo-soprano voice

commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Lucie Horsch (with support from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust) and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

premiere October 15, 2025, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Lucie Horsch and the RCO conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev

published by Fennica Gehrman

  1. Les récifs, les bacchantes

  2. Autrefois (La lyre d’Orphée par Jean-François Dandrieu)

  3. La lyre d’Orphée

Text by Sappho and Louise Ackermann

Listen to the premiere at Concertgebouw Amsterdam (broadcast from the second concert on October 17, 2025)

“Absoluut hoogtepunt van de avond was Lotta Wennäkoski’s Vents et lyres, een opdrachtwerk dat hier zijn wereldpremière beleefde, en waarin de Nederlandse blokfluitiste Lucie Horsch niet alleen verschillende fluiten bespeelde, maar tussendoor ook de prachtige tekst La Lyre d’Orphée van Louise­-Victorine Ackermann (1813-1890) zong, waardoor bleek dat Horsch ook over een prachtige zangstem beschikt.” (De Nieuwe Muze, October 16, 2025)

“The absolute highlight of the evening was Lotta Wennäkoski’s Vents et lyres, a commissioned work that received its world premiere here. In it, Dutch recorder player Lucie Horsch not only played various flutes but also sang the beautiful text of La Lyre d’Orphée by Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813-1890), demonstrating Horsch’s magnificent singing voice.”

“Wennäkoski moeten wij nog minstens vijf keer horen, daarin zit veel, van nootjes die lichtvoetig dwarrelen tot zoete atem de je je adem laten inhouden.” (Het Parool, October 18, 2025)

“We have to hear Wennäkoski at least five more times, there is a lot in it, from notes that flutter lightly to sweet airs that make you hold your breath.”