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Saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen and trumpeter Jukka Eskola expand their range on four recent albums. There’s a wealth of sonic diversity here, from indigenous Sámi vocals to hints of whale songs, ‘60s soundtracks and Japanese new age.

As classical music continues to challenge its own conventions, the boundaries between concert and exhibition are becoming increasingly fluid. At Puu ei laula yksin (“A Tree Does Not Sing Alone”) an exhibition presented alongside the Tampere Biennale, looping sound installations and interactive works invited listeners into a self-contained sonic world.

Composers, researchers and artists from diverse backgrounds are rethinking how we listen to and represent nature opening new ways to understand our place within it.

The Tampere Biennale celebrates its fortieth anniversary with the theme Roots. As a showcase for contemporary music from Finland and the broader Nordic region, the festival reaches across genres and art forms while remaining firmly rooted in its hometown.

Tampere Biennale’s director Minna Leinonen curates a prelude of intertwined voices at Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki. Charlie Morrow writes as Corno di Bassettino in the style of George Bernard Shaw’s nom de plume, Corno di Bassetto.

Reetamaria Rajala is the ideal interpreter for Damström’s piano music, which ranges from portrait miniatures to cosmic polygons. Overall, the album serves as an appetiser that leaves you wanting more. Her first album of orchestral music is expected soon.

Two very different works enter into an unexpected dialogue: one explores getting lost and navigation, the other the limits of our relationship to nature. Together, they reveal something essential about how we understand our place within the natural world.

Research is no longer merely about producing knowledge but also about societal influence — and this is the new normal.

Matthew Whittall and Robert Macfarlane’s large-scale choral work The World Tree traces an arc from the Ice Age to the present day from the perspective of a single tree, and stands as a powerful statement against humanity’s callous exploitation of nature.