Jasper Dommett’s new work commissioned by the Tapiola Sinfonietta will serve as the highlight of the queer festival. Bernstein’s Serenade is based on Plato’s Symposium, and offers a lightly philosophical perspective on the theme, featuring Tami Pohjola as soloist.
Jasper Dommett
New work
Leonard Bernstein
Serenade
Please note that there is no intermission during the concert.
The young English composer Jasper Dommett (b. 1997) has explored historical and contemporary queer culture in their works and sought to amplify the voices of marginalized people. In their opera Fanny & Stella’s Last Day Out, they explored Victorian-era English drag culture, while Disco! Disco! Good! Good? and Zip, Zap, Boooooogie!!! delved into the world of dance and euphoria of the 1970s and 1980s. The new work commissioned by the Tapiola Sinfonietta from Dommett will serve as the highlight of the queer festival. Bernstein’s Serenade for Violin and Orchestra is based on Plato’s Symposium, and offers a lightly philosophical perspective on the theme, featuring Tami Pohjola – winner of the 2015 Kuopio Violin Competition – as soloist. Bernstein’s own queer background was most recently highlighted in the film Maestro (2023), directed by and starring Bradley Cooper.
Tapiola Hall, Espoo Cultural Centre
Tickets 10–35 € + subscription fees (starting at €1.50 + 0.65% of the total amount of the order www.lippu.fi)
The performance features bright lights and harmless theatrical smoke.
