Hannu Lintu has planned Sibelius Festivals 2025-2027 as a single entity. The 2027 festival will include works by Sibelius and Edward Elgar, Vainö Raitio, Ernst Pingoud, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho and Outi Tarkiainen. Guest soloists include cellists Sol Gabetta and Senja Rummukainen, violinist Lilja Haatainen, soprano Tuuli Takala and pianist Ossi Tanner. Tickets are now on sale via Lippu.fi sales channels.

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The Lahti Symphony Orchestra´s 28th International Sibelius Festival 2.-4.9.2027 Sibelius Hall, Lahti

Hannu Lintu, Artistic Director

THURSDAY 2.9.2027 at 6.30 pm
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’s relationship with England was always warm, and remains so. The final version of the Fifth Symphony and Edward Elgar’s swansong, the magnificent Cello Concerto, date from the same year. Each in its own way reflects the social and artistic crossroads at which Europe found itself after the First World War. Whereas Elgar looks back to a world that has just been lost, Sibelius looks forward to the future. Pohjola’s Daughter represents a point of demarcation for Sibelius: it is a glorious culmination of the national romantic period, but simultaneously represents the new, universal Sibelius.

FRIDAY 3.9.2027 at 6.30 pm
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)

SATURDAY 4.92027 at 5 pm
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)

FRIDAY 3.9.2027 at 3.30 pm
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

Tuuli Takala, sopraano
Ossi Tanner, piano

The program will be announced later.

SATURDAY 4.9.2027 at 5 pm
FINAL CONCERT

Senja Rummukainen, cello
Ossi Tanner, piano

The program will be announced later.