Symphony concert

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

 

‘BRAHMS’S FIFTH’

Christian Schumann, conductor
Akiko Suwanai, violin

Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Johannes Brahms, orch. Arnold Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1

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

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Tabita Berglund, conductor
Jakob Koranyi, cello

Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Modest Mussorgsky, orch. Maurice Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT

Janne Nisonen, conductor
Otto Antikainen, violin

Jean Sibelius: Nocturne and Ballade from the suite ‘King Christian II’
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Fredrik Pacius: Maamme

LELEUX WITH LOVE

François Leleux, conductor, oboe and cor anglais

Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye
Claude Debussy, arr. Gilles Silvestrini: Rhapsody for saxophone, version for oboe and cor anglais
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

ROMEO AND JULIET

Tianyi Lu, conductor
Arabella Steinbacher, violin

Richard Strauss: Serenade
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite

Encore – Chamber Music Concert at 8:30 pm
Franz Schubert: Octet

A SAVAGE BEAT

Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Vivi Vassileva, percussion

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute, Overture
Sauli Zinovjev: A Savage Beat (first Finnish performance)
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1

OKKO KAMU 80 YEARS

Okko Kamu, conductor
Ossi Tanner, piano

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Jean Sibelius: En saga
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7

A COLOSSUS AMONG CONCERTOS

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Alexander Melnikov, piano

Sauli Zinovjev: Wiegenlied
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No. 1
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’

VIVALDI & WILD NATURE

Jan Söderblom, conductor and violin

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’

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

THE ENIGMA

Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Lucas & Arthur Jussen, piano

Edward Elgar: In the South
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos, K 365
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations

EASTER CONCERT: ST JOHN PASSION

Sofi Jeannin, conductor
Peter Davoren, tenor
Ida Falk Winland, soprano
Elli Vallinoja, alto
Nicolai Elsberg, bass
Jussi Vänttinen, bass
Dominante

Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion

SWAN LAKE

Kirill Karabits, conductor
Elisabeth Brauss, piano
Bogdan Dekhtiaruk, trumpet

Théodore Akimenko, orch. Kirill Karabits: Ouverture Slave (1932) (world premiere)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite

THE PLANETS

JOINT CONCERT WITH THE VIVO YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Erkki Lasonpalo, conductor

John Williams: Star Wars Main Title
Gustav Holst: The Planets

Pre-concert Talk at 5:30 pm: Erkki Lasonpalo & Maija Kylkilahti