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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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  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 6, Op. 104
    Symphony No. 7, Op. 105

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-864, 12/1997

    Sponsored by Metsäliitto Group and Telecom Finland Oy TELE

  • Jean Sibelius – Karelia, complete score

    Karelia, complete score (WPR), completed and reconstructed by Kalevi Aho
    Kuolema, incidental music (WPR)
    Valse triste

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Kirsi Tiihonen, soprano
    Raimo laukka, baritone
    Heikki Laitinen and Taito Hoffren, vocal

    BIS-CD-915, 10/1997

    Record of the Year 1998
    (United Kindom Sibelius Society)

    The best CD of 1997 (The Times)

  • Kalevi Aho

    Rejoicing of the Deep Waters, fantasy for orchestra
    Symphony No. 10

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-856, 6/1997

    Commissioned by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and the Finnish Accociation for Mental Health for the Centenary celebrations 1997

  • Sibelius

    Rejoicing of the Deep Waters, fantasy for orchestra
    Symphony No. 10

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-856, 6/1997

    Commissioned by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and the Finnish Accociation for Mental Health for the Centenary celebrations 1997

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 2, Op. 43
    Symphony No. 3, Op. 52

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-862, 6/1997

    Sponsored by: Metsäliitto Group and Telecom Finland Oy TELE

    Editor’s Choice 1997 (Gramophone Award’s Issue 1997)

  • Lindberg plays Sanström

    Jan Sandström:
    Emperor´s Chant
    Don Quixote (Trombone Concerto No. 2)
    Wahlberg Variations
    A Short Ride on a Motorbike

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    BIS-CD-828, 6/1997

  • Jean Sibelius – Symphony No 1 & 4

    Symphony No. 1, Op. 39
    Symphony No. 4, Op. 63

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-861, 4/1997

    Sponsored by Metsäliitto Group and Telecom Finland Oy (TELE)

    Critic’s Choice 1998 (Gramophone)
    Record of the Year 1997 (The Sunday Times)

  • Dances with the Winds

    Flute Concertos:
    Einojuhani Rautavaara: Dances with the Winds
    Leonid Bashmakov: Impressioni marine
    Aulis Sallinen: Chamber Music II
    Tauno Marttinen: Concerto espagnole

    Petri Alanko, flutes
    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-687, 1/1996

    Records of the Year 1996 (Helsingin Sanomat)

  • 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)