Momentum Ensemble
with Timo-Veikko Valve

Australian Chamber Orchestra Principal Cello Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve directs the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Momentum Ensemble in a lush program for cello and strings that masterfully intertwines his Finnish heritage and his Australian experience. Jaako Kuusisto’s Wiima evokes the nostalgic charm of Sysmä, a Finnish town dear to Tipi’s childhood, while Crystalline, by the Australian composer Olivia Bettina Davies, shimmers with delicate textures. The centrepiece of the program is Tipi’s own arrangement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, in which his 1616 Brothers Amati cello will sing with warmth and lyricism. The concert concludes with the introspective gaze of Sibelius’ Voces intimae, interspersed with select movements from Peter Sculthorpe’s dark String Quartet No. 8, to weave Finnish and Australian traditions into a captivating tapestry.

Momentum Ensemble

Timo-Veikko Valve | Cello / Director

Jaakko Kuusisto (1974–2022)
Wiima, Op. 27 [12']

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 (arr. Timo-Veikko Valve) [25']

I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto

Olivia Bettina Davies (b. 1988)
Crystalline [5']

Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014)
Selections from String Quartet No. 8 [16']

I. Con dolore
II. Risoluto – Calmo – Risoluto
III. Con dolore
IV. Con precisione
V. Con dolore

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 Voces intimae (arr. Timo-Veikko Valve) [32']

I. Andante – Allegro molto moderato
II. Vivace
III. Adagio di molto
IV. Allegretto (ma pesante)
V. Allegro