Concerts

MAY DAY MATINEE

Sauli Saarinen, kapellimestari

LEMMINKÄINEN

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Ilja Gringolts, violin

Jean Sibelius: Concert Overture
Lotta Wennäkoski: Violin Concerto ‘Prosoidia’ (first Finnish performance)
Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen

A HERO’S VERSES

Anja Bihlmaier, conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello

Sarah Gibson: beyond the beyond
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

FAREWELL, DALIA!

Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Marjukka Tepponen, soprano
Tuija Knihtilä, mezzo-soprano
Peter Lodahl, tenor
Matti Turunen, bass
Tampere Opera Choir

Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem

SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

OPENING CONCERT

Sinfonia Lahti
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Johanna Rusanen, soprano
Davóne Tines, baritone
YL Male Voice Choir

Gustav Mahler: Todtenfeier (1888)
Jean Sibelius: Kullervo (1892)

SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

Ossi Tanner, piano
ILOA String Quartet

Jean Sibelius: Piano Sonata in F major (1893)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in B flat major (1865)
Jean Sibelius: String Quartet in A minor (1889)

SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

SYMPHONY CONCERT

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Miina-Liisa Värelä, soprano
Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor
Ain Anger, bass

Jean Sibelius: The Lemminkäinen Suite (1891)
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre, Act I (1870)

SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

Ossi Tanner, piano
ILOA String Quartet

Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces for piano (1867–1901)
Jean Sibelius: Piano Quintet in G minor (1890)

SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

FINAL CONCERT
Sinfonia Lahti
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Karita Mattila, soprano

Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite (1893)
Jean Sibelius & Edvard Grieg: Orchestral Songs
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 1 (1899)