Concerts

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)

AFTER WORK – CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in A major, KV298
Bohuslav Martinů: Three Madrigals for violin and viola
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for oboe and strings, KV406

Admission free.

OPEN DOORS AT THE SIBELIUS HALL

Welcome to the Sibelius Hall – the doors are open! During the day you can get to know the Sibelius Hall and the people who work there. In the main auditorium of the Sibelius Hall, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra will perform concerts every hour, conducted by Atso Almila.

Admission free.

OPENING CONCERT: ODE TO JOY

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Silja Aalto, soprano
Jeni Packalen, mezzo-soprano
Jussi Myllys, tenor
Juho Stén, bass
Dominante

Sauli Zinovjev: Fade Out (World premiere, commission by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Ode to Joy’

MOMENTS OF FRENZY

John Adams, conductor
Nora Niskanen, clarinet

Claude Debussy: Rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra
John Adams: Frenzy (first performance in the Nordic countries)
Gabriela Smith: Tumblebird Contrails
Claude Debussy: La Mer

Pre-concert talk at 5:30 pm: Minna Lindgren

THE STARRY NIGHT

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Daniel Lozakovich, violin

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No. 6 ‘Vincentiana’

IN THE EYE OF THE STORM

John Storgårds, conductor and violin

Keith Jarrett: Elegy for violin and string orchestra
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 52 in C minor
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

LITTLE & GREAT

Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25, ‘Little G minor’
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great C major’

OCEANS & SPRING

Nil Venditti, conductor
Aleksi Trygg, violin
Kei Ito, viola

María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir: Oceans
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’

Encore – Chamber Music Concert at 8:30 pm
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor
Dmitri Shostakovich: Two Pieces for string octet, Op. 11