A Hannu Lintu Playlist

Einojuhani Rautavaara “mastered almost every compositional style of the 20th century,” the Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu writes. Perhaps for that reason, he is often grouped with other European mavericks outside the serialist tradition, such as Arvo Pärt and Henryk Górecki. He is also an indispensable figure in Finnish music history. In October, Lintu will be performing with the St. Louis Symphony (October 14-16), the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (October 21-23), and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (October 29-30). Rautavaara’s work is threaded through the programming on tour and this playlist. “I’ve been amazed at how everything in the musical history of my country is connected,” Lintu writes, “and how Finnish music of all times has had the need to reflect nature.”