Spring 2023

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT V
‘ Nick’s return’
Thu 25 May 19:00 Korundi
Fri 26 May 19:00 Sajos, Inari
Nicholas Daniel, oboe, conductor and musical director
Abel Puustinen, violin
Sara Hakaste, oboe

George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings e minor op. 20
Théodore Gouvy: String Quintet in G major op. 55
David Matthews: The Flaying of Marsyas op. 42a, Finnish premiere
Thea Musgrave: Take Two Oboes 
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta op. 1

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT V
‘ Cavalcade of Finland’s finest’
Thu 1 Jun 19:00 Salla church
Fri 2 Jun 19:00 Korundi
John Storgårds, conductor
Emil Holmström, Hammond-organ

Anna-Mari Kähärä: New piece for wind quintet, WORLD PREMIERE 
Sami Klemola: Ghost Notes (Concerto for Hammond-organ and orchestra),
WORLD PREMIERE of new chamber orchestra version
Outi Tarkiainen: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra Polar Pearls, KANTAESITYS / WORLD PREMIERE
Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 7 C major op. 105, arr. for chamber orchestra by Steffan Rees, Finnish premiere of arr.

 

Autumn 2023

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT I
Ukraine!

Thursday 24.8. at 19 Korundi
John Storgårds, conductor and musical director

Program:
Valentin Silvestrov: Der Bote – 1996
Oleksandr Štšetynskyi: Wind Quintet, Finnish premiere
Victoria Poleva: Piano Quintet “Simurgh”, Finnish premiere
Reinhold Glière: Duets from op. 39 & 49
Sergei Prokofjev: Chamber Symphony (String Quartet no 2 op. 92; arr. for chamber orchestra Daniel Sánchez), Finnish premiere of arr.
Mykhailo Verbytsky: Shche Ne Vmerla Ukraina (Ukrainan kansallislaulu / National anthem of Ukraine)

 

RECITAL I
35 years and counting

Fri 25.8. at 19 Korundi
John Storgårds, violin
Jouko Laivuori, piano

Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in C minor BWV 1017
Witold Lutosławski: Partita
Franz Schubert: Violin Sonata in A minor D 385
Carl Nielsen: Sonata no 2 op. 35

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT II
BBB in the house

Thu 7.9. at 19 Korundi
Fri 8.9. at 17 Olos Polar Center
John Storgårds, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

Program
Johann Sebastian Bach: Preludio e Fuga in D minor BWV 851 from ‘Das Wohltemperierte Klavier' BWV 846-893), arr. for chamber orchestra Alexander Raskatov 
Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto no 2, arr. for violin and chamber orchestra Artaria Editions team, Finnish premiere of arr.
Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, arr. for chamber orchestra Joolz Gale, Finnish premiere of arr.

 

RECITAL II
Autumnal classics

Sun 10.9. at 16 Korundi
Trio Est.
Abel Puustinen, violin
Anna Westerlund, violoncello
Fanny Söderström, piano

Program:
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio no 2 in E flat major D929
Nadia Boulanger: D'un soir triste 
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio

 

AUTUMN TOUR

Mon 11.9. at 19 Levi Summit
Tue 12.9. at 19 Hetta Church
Thu 14.9. at 19 Kilpisjärvi
Fri 15.9. at 19 Tromsø Cathedral
Iiro Rantala, piano

Program:
Iiro Rantala: Veneziana
Sebastian Fagerlund: Octet Autumn Equinox
Gioachino Rossini: Overture from the opera The Barber of Seville, arr. for chamber orchestra Luukas Hiltunen
György Ligeti: Six Bagatelles 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto no 21 in C major KV 467, Elvira Madigan
Josef Suk: Serenáda op. 6 

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT III
Bach & the Equinox

Wed 20.9. at 19 Korundi
Thu 21.9. at 19 Pello
John Storgårds, conductor and musical director
Marianna Shirinyan, piano

Program:
Kerkko Koskinen: K Quintet, WORLD PREMIERE
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor BWV 1056
Sebastian Fagerlund: Octet Autumn Equinox
Erland von Koch: Autumn Pastorale
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto no 2 in E major BWV 1053

 

International PianoEspoo-festival 

Sat 23.9. at 17 Espoo Cultural Centre
John Storgårds, conductor
Marianna Shirinyan, piano
Emil Holmström, Hammond organ

Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor BWV 1056
Sami Klemola: Ghost Notes, Concerto for Hammond organ and Chamber Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto no 2 in E major BWV 1053
Outi Tarkiainen: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra Polar Pearls

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT I
El Armonya de los tres mundos

Wed 4.10. at 19 Korundi
Thu 5.10. at 19 Kemijärvi Church
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor, Spanish Baroque Harp

Music of the 17th Century Spain and Portugal, South and Central America and Africa! Polyphony, variations, dance rhythms…  ‘Codex Trujillo del Perú’ scripts and composers Gaspar Fernandes, Juan Hidalgo, Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz, Juan Cabanilles, Santiago de Murcia ja Antonio Martín y Coll.

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT II
Royal Gems

Thu 12.10. at 19 Korundi
Fri 13.10. at 19 Kolari Church
Stefan Dohr, musical director and French horn
Magnus Walker, tenor

Program:
York Bowen: Quintet for horn and string quartet in C minor Op. 85
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor Op. 2
Gustav Holst: Wind Quintet in A-flat major Op. 14, H. 67
Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT IV
’Song of the Night’ 

Wed 25.10. at 19 Korundi
John Storgårds, conductor and violin

Program:
Keith Jarrett: 'Elegy', Finnish premiere
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 7 "Song of the Night", arr. for chamber orchestra Klaus Simon, Finnish premiere of arr.

 

FAMILY CONCERT
Strings musical journey

Thu 2.11. at 18 Korundi

Join us on a musical adventure where we will introduce you to the world of string playing through demonstrations and familiar melodies. Prepare yourselves for little surprises. Music from Bach, Vivaldi and Shostakovich amongst others.

 

From Korundi’s jewellery box

Fri 3.11. at 18 Korundi

Program:
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major Op. 44

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT III
M!

Thu 9.11. at 19 Korundi
Fri 10.11. at 19 Salla 
Olli Mustonen, conductor and piano

Program:
Olli Mustonen: Towards the Light, WORLD PREMIERE of version for Woodwind Quintet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto no 19 in F major KV 459                                                                 
Bohuslav Martinů: Sextet (in E flat major) H. 174
Olli Mustonen: Nonet I

 

RECITAL III
Moonlight Sonata

Sun 12.11. at 14 Korundi
Olli Mustonen, piano

Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven:  Sonata op. 26 in A flat major
Sonata op 27/1 in E flat major
Sonata op. 27/2 in c sharp minor ‘Moonlight Sonata’
Sonata op. 110 in A flat major

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT V
Focus Fagerlund

Thu 16.11. at 19 Korundi
John Storgårds, conductor
Niek de Groot, double bass

Program:
Bedřich Smetana: Overture from the opera The Bartered Bride, arr. David Matthews, Finnish premiere of arr.
Sebastian Fagerlund: Double bass Concerto Arcantio, WORLD PREMIERE
Sebastian Fagerlund: Sky II, world premiere of revised version
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare), arr. David Matthews, Finnish premiere of arr.

 

RECITAL IV
La Folia

Fri 17.11. at 19 Korundi
Ismo Eskelinen, guitar

Program:
Luys De Narváez: Music from Los seys libros del Delphin de Música
Alonso Mudarra: Music from Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela
Federico Moreno-Torroba: Sonatina
Sebastian Fagerlund: Kromos
Timo Alakotila: La Folia / Lampaan polska
Manuel Ponce: Preludi, 20 variations on La Folia theme and fugue

 

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Fri 8.12. at 19 Rovaniemi Church
Sat 9.12 at 16 Sodankylä Church
Mari Palo, soprano

Program:
Christmas music from Jean Sibelius, Heino Kaski, Ahti Sonninen, Karl Collan, Otto Kotilanen and others…

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT IV
Feeling the mood

Thu 14.12. at 19 Ylitornio
Fri 15.12. at 19 Korundi
Kristian Sallinen, conductor

Program:
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber:  Battalia à 10
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, arr. Wolfgang Renz
Jukka Tiensuu: Lots / Tiet
Gustav Mahler: Adagio, from Symphony no 10, arr. Deryck Cooke/Ere Lievonen

 

Changes possible.

 

Past events

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT I
'Echoes of Prague'
Thu 19 Jan 19:00 Korundi
Fri 20 Jan 19:00 Sodankylä                                                  

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio & Fugue in c minor KV 546                
Jean Françaix: Wind Quintet no 2
Josef Ceremuga: Concerto da Camera                                                                                                                 
Josef Suk: Serenade for Strings in E flat major op. 6                                                                                                                   

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT II
'Veneziana'
Thu 26 Jan 19:00 Olos Polar Center
Fri 27 Jan 19:00 Korundi
Iiro Rantala, piano

Gioachino Rossini: Sonata for Strings no 6 D major La tempesta
Gian Francesco Malipiero: Dialogo nro 4
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Introduzione e Balletto, Finnish premiere  
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to the opera 'The Italian Girl in Algiers’, arr. David Walter, Finnish premiere of arrangement
Iiro Rantala: Veneziana, WORLD PREMIERE

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT III
Baroque takes flight
Wed 15 Feb 19:00 Kittilä church
Thu 16 Feb 19:00 Korundi
Kreeta-Maria Kentala, musical direction and violin
Heli Haapala, flute
Petteri Pitko, harpsichord

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso D major op. 6 no 4
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto a minor BWV 1041
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto “funebre” in B flat major RV 579
Matti Mikkola/Tommi Suutarinen:Tunturipapukaija, WORLD PREMIERE
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Sonata I à 4 F major
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 D major BWV 1050

                                                                                                                                 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT I
 In the presence of greatness
Thu 23 Feb 19:00 Korundi
Fri 24 feb 19:00 Keminmaa church
John Storgårds, conductor
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano
Co-operation with Kemi city orchestra

Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 85 B flat major La Reine 
Franz Schubert: Romanze aus Rosamunde D. 797; no 3b
Franz Schubert: Die Forelle (D.550; op. 32), arr. Paul Bateman, Finnish premiere of arr. 
Franz Schubert: Im Abendrot (D.799), arr. Max Reger
Franz Schubert: Erlkönig (D.328; op. 1), arr. Max Reger
Gabriel Fauré: Pavane
Mikael Karlsson: Saint Helena Olive, Finnish premiere from the song cycle ‘So We Will Vanish’
Henri Duparc: Aux étoiles (Poème nocturne)
Jean Sibelius: 8 songs, sov. /arr. Aulis Sallinen: De bägge rosorna op. 88 no 2, Sippan op. 88 no 4, Jägargossen op. 13 no 7
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in g minor KV 550

 

From Korundi’s Jewellery box
Thu 2nd March 18:00 korundi
Franz Schubert: Octet in F major, D 803

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT II
‘A night to remember’
Tue 21 Mar 19:00 Kemijärvi Cultural Centre
Wed 22 Mar 19:00 Korundi
John Storgårds, conductor and musical direction
Ismo Eskelinen, guitar
Ilkka Puputti, natural horn

Johann Sebastian Bach / Kalevi Aho: Contrapunctus XIV from Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080) 
Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E flat major op. 38
Michael (ev. Joseph) Haydn: Horn Concerto in D major Hob. VIId: 4
Kalevi Aho: Guitar Concerto

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT IV
‘Welcome Mr Mustonen!’
Thu 30 Mar 19:00 Korundi
Fri 31 Mar 19:00 Kuusamotalo
Olli Mustonen, conductor and piano
Lauri Angervo, cello

Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz c minor, D 703                                                 
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto no. 1 in d minor BWV 1052                          
Francis Poulenc: Sextet
Olli Mustonen: Sonata for Cello and Chamber Orchestra

 

PIANO RECITAL
Olli & Beethoven I
Sun 2 Apr 15:00, Korundi
Olli Mustonen, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata B major op. 22
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata d minor op. 31/2 ”Tempest”
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata B major op. 106 ”Hammerklavier”

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT III
‘Impassioned depths’
Fri 14 Apr 19:00 Korundi
Sat 15 Apr 16:00 Kurkisali, Pudasjärvi
Clemens Schuldt, conductor and musical direction
Ilya Gringolts, violin

Bryce Dessner : Aheym, arr. Clemens Schuldt, WORLD PREMIERE of arrangement
Salvatore Sciarrino: Capriccio no 4 (Volubile; teoksesta 'Sei Capricci')
Pavel Haas: Woodwind Quintet op.10
Kaija Saariaho: Papillon no 5 (Lento, misterioso; from ‘Sept Papillons’
Pietro Locatelli: Violin Concerto in D major op. 3 no 12 II labirinto armonico/
Kaija Saariaho: Semafor, Finnish premiere
Jörg Widmann: Duo no 13 Vier Strophen vom Heimweh (from '24 Duos')
Mieczysław Weinberg: Chamber Symphony no 4 op. 153

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT IV
‘Intensive illusions’
Wed 26 Apr 19:00 Korundi
Thu 27 Apr 19:00 Kerkkä, Ranua
Olari Elts, conductor
Pekka Niskanen, clarinet
Heidi Rahkonen, double bass

Giovanni Bottesini: Gran Duo A major op. posth.
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas, arr. John Woolrich, Finnish premiere of arr.
Nino Rota: Canzona
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to the opera ’The Marriage of Figaro’, arr. Iain Farrington, Finnish premiere of arr.
Arvo Pärt: Fratres 
Lotta Wennäkoski: Hele
Erkki-Sven Tüür: Action Passion Illusion

 

VAPPUKONSERTTI
Sun 30 Apr 13:00 Korundi
Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä raha & Lapland chamber orchestra

 

STARS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Fri 5 May 19:00 Korundi
Sara Hakaste, oboe
Heidi Rahkonen, double bass
Áron Mojzert, bassoon
Anna Laakso, piano
Lapland Chamber Orchestra string quartett

Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on the Magic Flute
Robert Schumann: Adagio & Allegro
Gerald Finzi: Interlude for Oboe and String Quartet Op. 21
Francis Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano

 

CHILDREN’S CONCERT
Peter and the Wolf
Thu 11 May 18:00 Korundi
Lapland chamber orchestra’s wind quintet

Sergei Prokofjev: Peter and the Wolf op. 67, arr. Robert Ostermeyer