Symphony concert

IN THE SHADOWS OF NIGHT – SYMPHONIC HALLOWEEN

Gudrun Dahlkvist, conductor

Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
Antonín Dvořák: The Noonday Witch
Sergei Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead
Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Bernard Herrmann: Excerpts from the film music to ‘Psycho’
Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain

SHOSTAKOVICH ENCRYPYTED

Mikael Loponen, conductor
Tami Pohjola, violin

Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2
Alberto Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9

PARISIAN DREAMS

Emilia Hoving, conductor
Javier Perianes, piano

Georges Bizet, ork. Ernest Guiraud: Carmen Suite No. 1
Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite

INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT

Jukka Untamala, conductor
Iris Candelaria, soprano

Outi Tarkiainen: Day Night Day
Jean Sibelius: Luonnotar
Jean Sibelius: Metsänhaltija
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia

JEAN SIBELIUS DAY GALA CONCERT

Jukka Untamala, conductor
Iris Candelaria, soprano

Outi Tarkiainen: Day Night Day
Jean Sibelius: Luonnotar
Jean Sibelius: Metsänhaltija
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia

MESSIAH, oratorio

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
Mathilda Sidén Silfver, alto
Elgan Llyr Thomas, tenor
Arttu Kataja, bass
Dominante

Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah, oratorio

NATIONAL LANDSCAPES

Sakari Oramo, conductor
Anu Komsi, soprano
Niamh Mckenna, flute

Ida Moberg: Orchestral Suite “Sunrise”
Heidi Sundblad-Halme: Pan Suite
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 4

A CELEBRATION OF MELODY

Julie Røssland, conductor
David Munk-Nielsen, piano

Sauli Zinovjev: Recharged (Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s Composer-In-Residence)
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto
Pjotr Tšaikovski: Symphony No. 4

ELECTRICITY AND HEROES

Ross Jamie Collins, conductor
Marzi Nyman, electric guitar

John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Marzi Nyman: Electric Guitar Concerto
Philip Glass: Symphony No. 4

AFTER THE STORM

Malin Broman, musical direction and violin

Anna Clyne: Restless Oceans
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, KV 216
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2

ENCORE Chamber Music Concert at 20.30 Sibelius Hall

THE RADIANCE OF CLASSICISM

Markus Stenz, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin

Aram Hatšaturjan: Violin Concerto
Joseph Haydn: Symphpny No. 45 ‘Farewell’
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 102

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

James Sherlock, conductor
TBA, narrator

James Sherlock: “Out of the silence” – Hommage à Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius: Tapiola
Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

EASTER CONCERT: THE ST MATTHEW PASSION

Aapo Häkkinen, conductor
Kajsa Dahlbäck, soprano
Elsa Angervo, alto
Benjamin Glaubitz, tenor
Tuomas Katajala, tenor
Veikko Vallinoja, bass
Arttu Kataja, bass
Dominante

Johann Sebastian Bach: The St Matthew Passion

PERMISSION TO PLAY

Pekka Kuusisto, conductor
Eva Trygg, flute
Kaspar-Oskar Kramp, trombone
Elmeri Uusikorpi, percussion
Sanna Palas, cello

Andrea Tarrodi: Camelopardalis
Nico Muhly: Concerto Grosso
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

THE BELLE AMONG CONCERTS

Hannu Lintu, kapellimestari
Andrea Cicalese, viulu

Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 ‘Rhenish’

THE FORCE OF DESTINY

James Hendry, conductor
Helena Juntunen, soprano

Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to the opera ‘La forza del destino’
Sauli Zinovjev: Tarpeeton pyyhitään yli / Erasure (Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s Composer-in-Residence)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

THE BEST OF MOZART

Tabita Berglund, conductor
Christian Ihle Hadland, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to the opera ‘Don Giovanni’
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40

THE RITE OF SPRING

JOINT CONCERT WITH TAPIOLA SINFONIETTA

Andrew Manze, conductor

Arnold Schönberg: Pelleas und Melisande, symphonic poem
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

THE RITE OF SPRING

JOINT CONCERT WITH TAPIOLA SINFONIETTA

Andrew Manze, conductor

Arnold Schönberg: Pelleas und Melisande, symphonic poem
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2027

OPENING CONCERT

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Sol Gabetta, cello

Jean Sibelius: Pohjola´s Daughter (1906)
Edvard Elgar: Cello Concerto (1919)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 (1919)

SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2027

SYMPHONY CONCERT

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Lilja Haatainen, violin

Väinö Raitio: Fantasia Poetica (1923)
Jean Sibelius: Two Humoresques Op. 87 (1919)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 (1923)
Ernst Pingoud: Le Prophéte (1924)
Jean Sibelius: Four Humoresques Op. 89 (1919)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 (1924)

SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2027

FINAL CONCERT

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Tuuli Takala, soprano
Senja Rummukainen, cello

Jean Sibelius: Oceanides (1914)
Magnus Lindberg: Marea (1990)
Kaija Saariaho: Mirage (2007)
Jean Sibelius: Luonnotar (1913)
Outi Tarkiainen: Midnight Sun Variations (2019)
Jean Sibelius: Tapiola (1926)