Concert

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

MUSIC OF DIVAS

Antti Rissanen, conductor
Diandra, vocals

MUSIC OF DIVAS

Antti Rissanen, conductor
Diandra, vocals

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)