At the centre there is the Finnish composer's Tytti Arola’s "phōnḗ" (20’) for voices and tin can telephones. The title brings together phōnḗ – “sound, voice, speech, language”, and tēle – “far away, distant.” Each singer makes their own tin can telephone to sing into and “speak” through; during the piece, the choir sends imagined greetings across the world. phōnḗ is a reminder to listen to one another, to say what matters, and to stay playful, even across distance.

Commissioned for Nordic Music Days 2024 (with support from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Danish Ministry of Culture), this performance becomes a symbolic bridge between Riga and Liepāja, the Baltics and Scandinavia, past and future, inner and outer time.