photo: Touko Hujanen

Maa, jonka jätämme/The Land We Leave -installation (2025)

Minna Leinonen, composition

Touko Hujanen, video

Jussi Suonikko, sound design

On the fixed media: Malla Vivolin, flutes

Children choir Tactus, conductor Emmi Kleemola

Nälkämaan laulu/"Song of the Hunger Land", composed by Oskar Merikanto, lyrics by Ilmari Kianto

Thanks to: The School of Self-sufficiency, Valtimo

Wihuri Foundation, Arts Promotion Center Finland

Lucas, Leo, Onni and Ella. 

Program note

For Flute, video and fixed media

Outside our solar system, there is a probe, in which a child´s voice transmits a message from the pass: Hello from the children of Planet Earth. In an old Finnish provincial song, it is said that freedom will be found through peaceful means, but the country must be created anew. From the space ambient to self-sufficient institute the views of the work lead to a fossil-free life, where generations are looking for a connection to each other and to the earth we are leaving behind.

The Land We Leave was commissioned by Malla Vivolin in collaboration with composer Minna Leinonen, photographer Touko Hujanen and sound designer Jussi Suonikko.

Children´s choir Tactus is singing Nälkämaan laulu (meaning "Song of the Hunger Land") on the fixed media, conductor Emmi Klemola. Nälkämaan laulu is a Finnish poem by Ilmari Kianto. It was turned into a song by Oskar Merikanto, and this song is the regional anthem of the Kainuu region.

The work is dedicated to the excellent Malla Vivolin and it was supported by Wihuri Foundation.

Performances

5.–9th August 2025 Alandica, Katrina Kammarmusik Festival Åland (premiere)