Concerts

INSPIRED BY TOVE JANSSON

Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Piia Komsi, soprano
Alma Pöysti, narrator
Carlos da Cruz, animator

Jean Sibelius: The Oceanides
Judith Weir: Natural History
Andrea Tarrodi: Wildwood (first Finnish performance)
Lauri Porra: Seasons in Moominvalley

FROM THE NEW WORLD

Rumon Gamba, conductor
Lilli Maijala, viola

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Sampo Kasurinen: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’

A STRUGGLE WITH FATE

Roderick Cox, conductor
Paula Ernesaks, horn

György Ligeti: Concert Românesc
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 3 for Horn and Orchestra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAHTI!

Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Verneri Pohjola, trumpet
Miina-Liisa Värelä, soprano
Ville Rusanen, baritone
YL Male Voice Choir

Sauli Zinovjev: an adagio
Kaija Saariaho: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra HUSH
Jean Sibelius: Kullervo

17.30 pm Pre-concert talk

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAHTI!

Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Verneri Pohjola, trumpet
Miina-Liisa Värelä, soprano
Ville Rusanen, baritone
YL Male Voice Choir

Sauli Zinovjev: an adagio
Kaija Saariaho: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra HUSH
Jean Sibelius: Kullervo

17.30 pm Pre-concert talk

DOUBLE CONCERTO

Okko Kamu, conductor
Otto Antikainen, violin
Senja Rummukainen, cello

Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 2

THE MAGIC OF THE NORTH

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Tami Pohjola, violin

Jessie Montgomery: Banner for solo string quartet and orchestra (first Finnish performance)
Kalevi Aho: Violin Concerto No. 2
Ernst Pingoud: Prologue, tone poem
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3

SCENES FROM A FILM

Kristian Sallinen, conductor
Eeva Mäenluoma, clarinet

Grażyna Bacewicz: Overture
Esa-Pekka Salonen: kínēma
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

MOZART’S REQUIEM

Peter Whelan, conductor
Aurora Marthens, soprano
Elli Vallinoja, mezzo-soprano (change 17.9.2024)
Markus Nykänen, tenor
Matti Turunen, bass
Dominante

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem

17.30 pm Pre-concert talk, Minna Lindgren