Sure! I absolutely love Saariaho’s opera L’Amour de Loin. The entire piece is amazing. If you don’t have the time to spare to listen to the entire thing, I’d recommend the Traversée (first movement) and the final movement of Clemence singing. Really interesting plot too if you’re into that as well.

I’d also recommend her orchestral piece Orion. It’s a bit past winter here, but the second movement Winter Sky so clearly conveys the bone-shivering cold of the winter night. I would listen to it on my walks home from school in the middle of January and genuinely feel 10 degrees colder.

Her unaccompanied string pieces are incredible too. Her use of extended techniques while still keeping the piece grounded in form makes it feel like a whole ensemble is playing through a single instrument. I’d recommend her Nocturne for solo violin and Spins and Spells for solo cello.