Voices Of Earth Audite Chamber Choir & Jani Sivén

• Mathew Whittal (b. 1975): The Geography of Hope:
• 1 Whittal: The Geography of Hope: Part I The Plains 04:23
• 2 Whittal: The Geography of Hope: Part II The Desert 06:30
• Anna Huuskonen (b. 1983): Consider The Sea:
• 3 Huuskonen: Consider The Sea 10:14
• Markku Klami (b. 1979): into the deep peace:
• 4 Klami: into the deep peace: Section I the heat 05:21
• 5 Klami: into the deep peace: Section II the night wind 03:37
• 6 Klami: into the deep peace: Section III the daybreak 05:01
• The Earth does not belong to man:
• 7 Klami: The Earth does not belong to man 09:26
• Finn Shields (b. 1994): Kun tulet vihreään:
• 8 Shields: Kun tulet vihreään 09:06
• Alex Freeman (b. 1972): Light:
• 9 Freeman: Light 10:50
• Total Runtime 01:04:28

Info for Voices Of Earth

The guiding light of Audite’s 30th anniversary year (2022–2023) was to prompt reflection on our collective responsibility for one another and our shared environment. The anniversary year was patronized by Maria Ohisalo, the then Minister of the Environment and Climate Change. The six compositions on the album approach the theme of nature and current environmental crises—climate change and biodiversity loss—through the lens of art, offering fresh perspectives and evoking fundamental questions.

The repertoire is closely linked to the choir's own exceptional creative resources, as this a cappella program extensively features works by composers who sing within or collaborate closely with the ensemble.

Audite Chamber Choir
Jani Sivén, conductor

Audite Chamber Choir
is a Helsinki-based chamber choir whose singers comprise music professionals, music students, and experienced choral vocalists. Conductor Jani Sivén founded the ensemble in 1992 and led it with distinction until 2025, when Tatu Erkkilä assumed the role of the choir’s new artistic director. Audite is renowned for its high-profile performances and stylistic versatility, and in addition to its active concert presence in Finland, the choir has toured extensively on international stages.

Jani Sivén
is an acclaimed conductor, composer and pedagogue. Since 2015, he has served as a full-time lecturer in choral conducting at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. Sivén has worked with over 50 choirs and orchestras and served previously as the artistic director of the Chamber Choir Audite, the Tampere Philharmonic Choir, the Sinfonietta SOI Orchestra, the Helsinki Concordia Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Finnish Choral Institute, the Finnish Boys’ Choir, and the Galante Youth Choir. He has also worked as chorus master of the Helsinki Music Centre Choir. As a guest conductor, Sivén has collaborated with, among others, the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, the chamber choirs of Finnish and Latvian radios, and the Finnish National Opera Choir.

In addition to his work at the Sibelius Academy, he has served as a lecturer in orchestral and choral conducting at the Helsinki Conservatoire and as an instructor in the choral and ensemble conducting program at the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. He has also served as a visiting teacher both in Finland and abroad.

His composition catalogue contains such works as the chamber operas Pyhä Birgitta (Saint Birgitta), Abelard & Héloïse and Troijan naiset, Metropolin tuulet (Winds of the Metropolis), a cantata commissioned for the centenary of the Nation of Southern Finland student organisation, and Fenestra Finnorum, a work commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Finnish Institute in Rome. Sivén was awarded the conductor’s prize at the Tampere Vocal Music Festival chorus review in 1999 and was named Choral Conductor of the year by The Finnish Choral Directors’ Association (FCDA) in 2000.

This album contains no booklet.