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29.01.2024

Hannu Lintu to become the Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s artistic partner in the autumn of 2025

He will also serve as artistic director of the International Sibelius Festival.

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  • Sibelius – The Wood Nymph

    The Wood-Nymph, Op. 15, the Poem and
    Melodrama (WPR)
    A Lonely Ski-Trail
    Swanwhite, Op. 54 (WPR)

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Lasse Pöysti, narrator

    BIS-CD-815, 5/1996

    Sponsored by Metsäliitto Group

    Cannes Classical Award 1997

    Orchestral Music – CD Premiere Records of the Year 1996 (Helsingin Sanomat)
    Record of the Year (United Kingdom Sibelius Society)

  • Sibelius – Jedermann

    Jedermann, Op. 83 (WPR)
    Belshazzar’s Feast, Op. 51 (WPR)
    The Countess’s Portrait

    Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano
    Petri Lehto, tenor
    Sauli Tiilikainen, baritone
    Lahti Chamber Choir
    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-735, 8/1995

    Sponsored by Rank Xerox

  • Kalevi Aho

    Symphony No. 9
    Concerto for cello and orchestra

    Cristian Lindberg, trombone
    Gary Hoffman, cello
    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-706, 5/1995

    Sponsored by Schauman Wood Oy Kymmene

  • Uuno Klami

    Whirls, Act 1
    Violin Concerto, Op. 32
    Suomenlinna, Op. 30

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Jennifer Koh, violin

    BIS-CD-696, 6/1997

  • Uuno Klami – Whirls

    Lemminkäinen’s Island Adventures (WPR)
    Song of Lake Kuujärvi
    Suites Nos 1 & 2 from the ballet Whirls (WPR)

    Esa Ruuttunen, baritone
    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-656, 4/1994

  • Uuno Klami

    The Copplers on the Heath, overture
    Theme with Seven Variations and Coda, op. 44
    Kalevala Suite, op. 23

    Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-676, 11/1994

    Sponsored by Eiri Oy

  • Kalevi Aho

    Symphony No. 8 (WPR)
    Pergamon (WPR)

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ
    Lilli Paasikivi, Eeva-Liisa Saarinen,
    Tom Nyman and Matti Lehtinen, narrators

    BIS-CD-646, 8/1994

    Sponsored by Oy Lahden Polttimo Ab

    Records of the Year 1994 (Helsingin Sanomat)

  • Tauno Marttinen – Symphony No 1

    Symphony No. 1, Op. 2
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 13 Symphony No. 8, Op. 224

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Pekka Kauppinen, violin

    BIS-CD-701, 10/1994

  • Finlandia – a Festival of Finnish Music

    Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
    Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus arcticus, Op. 61
    Väinö Raitio : Joutsenet (The Swans)
    Einar Englund: Valkoinen peura (The White Reindeer, WPR)
    Jean Sibelius: Suite for Violin and String Orchestra,
    Op. 117 (WPR)*
    Felix Krohn : Odalisque (WPR)
    Uuno Klami: Pyöräilijä (The Cyclist, WPR)
    Trad.: Porilaisten marssi (March of the people of
    Pori), arr. Robert Kajanus (WPR)
    Fredrik Pacius: Maamme (Our Country), arr. Robert
    Kajanus (WPR)

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    *Dong-Suk Kang, violin

    BIS-CD-575, 7/1992

    Gold Record 9/1998 (25.000 copies sold in Finland)

    Supporter of the marketing: Lahden Messut Oy