''Seven Songs for Planet Earth'' is a 2011 composition by

Olli Kortekangas Olli Paavo Antero Kortekangas (born 16 May 1955) is a Finnish composer. Kortekangas was born in Turku. His early career in music began at Espoon Musiikkiopisto (Espoo Music Institute) and the youth choir Candomino. He then studied at the Sibel ...

. It was commissioned by the Choral Arts Society of Washington and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, in conjunction with the San Francisco Choral Society and Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, and premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. on May 22, 2011 under the baton of

Norman Scribner Norman Orville Scribner (February 25, 1936 – March 22, 2015) was an American conductor, composer, pianist and organist.Aryeh OronNorman Scribner (Conductor, Organ) Bach Cantatas Website, September 2001 (visited Aug. 20, 2010), citing, ''inter ...

. It received it west coast premiere and second performance on May 19, 2011 in San Francisco, conducted by Robert Geary.

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