SPRING 2025 CONCERTS

Thu 9.1. at 7pm Chamber Symphony Concert I
Birthday Bonanza!

John Storgårds, conductor and violin
Abel Puustinen, Iida Mojzer, Nina Ronkainen, Hanna Parviainen ja Ulla Hakoköngäs, violin
Lauri Angervo, cello

Programme:
Erkki Melartin: Ars Antica, arr. Kari Karjalainen
Fritz Kreisler: Caprice Viennois, Liebesleid, Praeludium & Allegro, Schön Rosmarin,
arr. Fritz Kreisler, Nils Thore Røsth, René Staar, Péter Wolf
Erkki Melartin: Trio op. 154
Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye, arr. Paolo Fradiani, Finnish premiere

Concert is included in the season ticket.

 

Thu 23.1. at 7pm Chamber Symphony Concert II
In the Essence of Creativity

Abel Puustinen, leader
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
Jérémie Queyras, painting

Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 547, arr. Heribert Breuer, Finnish premiere
Guoping Jia: Scattered shades, Finnish premiere
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in A major Wq 172
Johann Michael Haydn: Divertimento in G major MH 518
Ennio Morricone: Notturno e Passacaglia (2002)
Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto no 1 in C major

Concert is included in the season ticket.

 

Thu 13.2. at 7pm Chamber Music Concert I
A Voyage of Discovery

Olli Mustonen, piano and conductor
Áron Mojzer, bassoon

Programme:
Ottorino Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C minor
André Jolivet: Concerto for Bassoon
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Piano Sextet in D major op. 110 (posth.)

Concert is included in the season ticket.

 

Sun 16.2. at 2pm Recital
Appassionata

Olli Mustonen, piano

Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Sonata op. 2/1 in F minor
Piano Sonata op. 2/2 in A major
Piano Sonata op. 54 in F major
Piano Sonata op. 57 in F minor ”Appassionata”

Concert is not included in the season ticket.

 

Thu 27.2. at 7pm Chamber Music Concert II
Classical Music Reimagined

Programme:
Hildur Guðnadóttir: From the Other Place 
Lauri Porra: The Adventurer (Wind Quintet)
David Bruce: 4. The Cure for Melancholy (from Violin Concerto Lully Loops)
Frank Zappa: None of the Above 
Chick Corea: Septet

Concert is included in the season ticket.

 

Thu 13.3. at 7pm Chamber Symphony Concert III
With Eager Anticipation

Gordan Nikolić, violin and conductor

Programme:
Antonio Vivaldi: Symphony in B minor Al Santo Sepolcro RV 169
Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concerto in  A minor A Lunardo Venier D 115
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto no 4 in D major KV 218
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor KV 550 

Concert is included in the season ticket.

 

Thu 20.3. at 7pm Pop Music Concert
Sing Along!

Abel Puustinen, leader
Anna Laakso, lead singer

Join the orchestra for an unforgettable night of hit songs performed by You, the audience!
In this concert, the name of the game is ABBA - Mamma Mia, it’s time to sing along! 

Concert is not included in the season ticket.

 

Thu 27.3. at 7pm Sounds!

Hanna Parviainen, violin
Lauri Angervo, cello
Anna Laakso, piano

Programme:
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Rosary Sonatas 1, 2 and 3 for violin and continuo
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Passacaglia for solo violin
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello in A minor M. 73
Kaija Saariaho: Près for cello and live electronics 
Alfred Schnittke: Sonata no 1 op. 129 for Cello and Piano 

Concert is not included in the season ticket.

 

Thu 10.4. at 7pm Chamber Music Concert III
Arctic Philharmonic visiting!

Timothy Weiss, johtaja
Tonje Eero Hove, sopraano

Programme:
Olli Moilanen: Liekki  
Vegard Guleng: «Rakkhaita laului Ruijale» (Norsk: Kjære sanger for Ruija, Dearest songs for Ruija), Finnish premiere
Lauri Marjakangas: Balojávri, Finnish premiere
Edvard Grieg: Andante con moto in C minor
Jean Sibelius: Impromptu op. 5 no 5 / op. 5 no 5-6
Lasse Thoresen: Minnemøter (Encounters Recalled), Finnish premiere

Concert is included in the season ticket.

 

Thu 17.4. at 7pm Chamber Music Concert IV
Living the Moment

Iida Mojzer, leader
Elina Mustonen, harpsichord
Anna Laakso, harpsichord

Programme:
Modest Musorgski: Notš na Lysoi gore ('Night on Bald Mountain'), arr. Joachim Linckelmann
Olli Koskelin: Pas de Deux
Kaija Saariaho: Terra Memoria ("for those departed")
Clara Schumann: Drei Romanzen op. 21, arr. Ernst Spyckerelle, Finnish premiere   
Siri Brander: Elegie, arr. A. E. Westerlind
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major BWV 1061

Concert is included in the season ticket.

 

Tue 29.4. at 7pm Chamber Symphony Concert V
Chorals and Dances

John Storgårds, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Tomas Gricius, trumpet

Programme:
Aaron Copland: SSymphony no 2 ”Short Symphony”, arr. Dennis Russell Davies, Finnish premiere 
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 2 in B major op. 19
Sunleif Rasmussen: Chorals and Dances, Finnish premiere
Dmitri Šostakovitš: Piano Concerto no 1 in C minor op. 35

Concert is included in the season ticket.

 

Fri 2.5. at 7pm Recital
Intensity!

John Storgårds, violin
Kirill Gerstein, piano

Programme:
Anton Webern: 4 Stücke für Violine und Klavier, op 7 
Ferruccio Busoni: Sonata no 2in  E minor for Violin and Piano op.36a 
Leoš Janáček: Sonata for Violin and Piano 
Johannes Brahms: Sonata no 3 in D minor for Violin and Piano, op.108  

Concert is not included in the season ticket.

 

Thu 15.5. at 7pm Chamber Symphony Concert V
Fri 16.5. at 7pm Chamber Symphony Concert V
Reidar Särestöniemi 100 jubilee!

John Storgårds, conductor
Jukka Huitila, light
Lauri Sallinen, clarinet
Karita Tikka, movement

Programme:
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Janco Verduin: korenveld met kraaien, Finnish premiere
Narong Prangcharoen: Echoes of Silence, Finnish premiere
Victoria Polevá: Anthem I, Finnish premiere
Sebastian Hilli: Cupido (Concerto for clarinet, lights and arcobatics), WORLD PREMIERE

Thursday concert is included in the season ticket.

 

Wed 28.5. at 7pm Chamber Music Concert V
Nurturing Nature!

Lauri Porra, electric bass and conductor

Programme:
Giacinto Scelsi: Natura Renovatur 
Viktor Kalabis: Nonetto no 2 op. 44 Pocta přírodě ('Hommage to Nature'), Finnish premiere
Lauri Porra: Cabins & Hideouts

Concert is included in the season ticket.

 

PAST EVENTS AUTUMN 2024 

Thu 19.12. at 7pm LCO & Johan Dalene
Chamber Symphony Concert V
Climactic classics

John Storgårds, conductor
Johan Dalene, violin

Programme:
Bedřich Smetana: Vltava (Moldau) from Má vlast, arr. for chamber orchestra Wolfgang Renz; Finnish premiere
Sergei Prokofjev: Violin Concerto no 2 G minor, op. 63, arr. for violin and chamber orchestra Artaria Editions Team; Finnish premiere
Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 E minor, op. 98, arr. for chamber orchestra David Walter; Finnish premiere

Included in the season ticket.
Includes an interval

 

Thu 12.12. at 7pm LCO & Brett Dean
Chamber Music Concert III
Brett Dean!

Brett Dean, conductor and viola

Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Präludium & Fuge D minor KV 405/4 (nach J.S.Bach BWV 877)
Brett Dean: Devotional & Premonitions (from 'Short Stories')
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio & Fuge E major KV 405/3 (nach J.S.Bach BWV 878) 
Brett Dean: Embers (from 'Short Stories')
Paul Hindemith: Ruhig und einfach (part III from 'Kleine Kammermusik', op. 24 no 2)
Brett Dean: Komarov's Last Words & Arietta (from 'Short Stories')
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio & Fuge B minor (nach J.S.Bach BWV 891)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio & Fuge A minor (nach J.S.Bach BWV 867)
Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik 
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Eroica-variations", op. 35, arr. for chamber orchestra Peter Stangel; Finnish premiere

Included in the season ticket.
Includes an interval

 

Wed 5.12. at 6pm Independence Day Eve

Programme:
Ida Moberg: IV movement from the orchestral suite Soluppgång
Kaija Saariaho: Cendres
Lotta Wennäkoski: Mien
Outi Tarkiainen: Trois poèmes
Minna Leinonen: Harmaapäätikka
Helvi Leiviskä: Piano Trio

Enjoy the evening of Finnish music and delicacies of Korundi Kitchen & Café!

No included in the season ticket.
Includes no interval.

 

Thu 14.11. at 7pm LCO & Georg Köhler
Chamber Symphony Concert IV
Pictures, narratives and an Unanswered Question

Georg Köhler, conductor
Juuli Holma, cello

Programme:
Jean Sibelius: Suite (Cinq morceaux) op. 75 The Trees, arr for chamber orchestra Kalevi Aho, WORLD PREMIERE of arr.
Ernest Bloch: 4 Episodes
Jan Krenz: Rhapsody, Finnish premiere 
Frank Martin: Ballade (for cello and small orchestra) 
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question 

Included in the season ticket.
Includes an interval.

 

Thu 7.11. at 7pm LCO & Håvard Gimse
Chamber Symphony Concert III
Grieg and a splash of colour

John Storgårds, conductor
Håvard Gimse, piano

Programme
John McCabe: Red Leaves, Finnish premiere
Paweł Mykietyn: Eine kleine Herbstmusik, Finnish premiere
Johann Sebastian Bach/Peter Maxwell Davies: Two Preludes and Fugas (BWV 848/849; 1972/74)  
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor op. 16, arr. for Chamber Orchestra by Mordechai Rechtman, Finnish premiere of arr.

Included in the season ticket.
Includes an interval.

 

Thu 31.10. at 7pm LCO & Oliver Davis
Chamber Music Concert II
Virtuosic vibes

Alexi Kenney, violin and conductor 
Oliver Davis, French horn

Programme:
Jean Françaix: Wind Quartet 
Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for French horn no 2 op. 58
Salina Fisher: Hikari
Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)  

Included in the season ticket.
Includes an interval.

 

Thu 24.10. at 7pm LCO
From Korundi's Jewellery Box
French Classiques

Programme:
Jean Françaix: Divertissement for Bassoon and String Quintet
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet

Not included in the season ticket.
Includes no interval.

 

Thu 10.10. at 7pm LCO
Chamber Music Concert I
A Night of Surprises

Guests Outi Tarkiainen, Jaakko Laitinen and Niillas Holmberg.
Host Anu Jormalainen.

Included in the season ticket.
Includes no interval.

 

Sun 29.9. at 2pm Olli Mustonen recital
Pathétique

Olli Mustonen, piano

Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata op. 2 no 3 C major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata op. 13 C minor “Pathétique”
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata op. 101 A major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata op. 90 E minor

Not included in the season ticket.
Includes an interval

 

Thu 26.9. at 7pm LCO & Olli Mustonen
Chamber Symphony Concert II
Olli’s spectrums and perspectives

Olli Mustonen, piano and conductor
Anna Laakso, piano

Programme:
Olli Mustonen: Vanha kirkko Petäjävedellä 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto (no 14) E flat major KV 449 
Paul Juon: Divertimento, op. 51 
Olli Mustonen: String Quartett no 1, arr. for string orchestra by the composer, premiere of arr.

Included in the season ticket.
Includes an interval.

 

Wed 11.9. at 7pm LCO & Raschèr Saxophone Quartett
Chamber Symphony Concert I
Powerful fragility

John Storgårds, conductor
Raschèr Saxophone Quartet: Christine Rall, Morgan Webster, Andreas van Zoelen and Oscar Trompenaars

Programme:
Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande suite, op. 80, arr, for wind quintet and piano David Walter; Finnish premiere
Pehr Henrik Nordgren: Concerto for saxophone quartet, string orchestra and gong, op. 108
Arvo Pärt: Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte…   
Arnold Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, op. 4

Included in the season ticket.
Includes an interval.

 

SPRING 2024 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT I
On the road

Thu 11.1. at 19 Korundi
John Storgårds, conductor
Heli Haapala, flute
Sara Hakaste, oboe
Alison Wormell, bassoon

Programme:
Arnold Schönberg: 3 Stücke op. 11, arr. Richard Dünser, Finnish premiere of arr.
Johann Sebastian Bach / Heribert Breuer: Triple Concerto in F major (Bach-Metamorphose VI; 'nach BWV 540'), Finnish premiere
Veli Kujala: DAI
William Schuman: Night Journey, Finnish premiere

 

LUNCH CONCERT

Wed 17.1. at 12 Stormen Concert house, Bodø
John Storgårds, conductor

Programme:
Veli Kujala: DAI,  Norwegian premiere
William Schuman: Night Journey

 

GUEST CONCERT
In collaboration with the Arctic Philharmonic orchestra

Thu 18.1. at 19 Stormen Concert house, Bodø
John Storgårds, conductor
Jennifer Pike, violin

Programme:
Fartein Valen: Cantico di Ringraziamento op. 17 nro 2 
Pjotr Tšaikovski: Violin Concerto D major op. 35 
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony no 3 a minor op. 56 "Scottish"

 

SOUNDS

Thu 1.2. at 19 Korundi
Jussi Launonen, viola
Oliver Davis, French horn

Programme:
Peter Maxwell Davies: Sea Eagle
David Balakrishnan: Aeroelasticity (1. Backlash, 2. Lonesome George), Finnish premiere
Eleanor Alberga: Shining gate of Morpheus
Lillian Fuchs: Sonata Pastorale 
Ernő Dohnányi: Sekstetto/ Sextet

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT I
Violafest

Thu 8.2. at 19 Korundi
Fri 9.2. at 19 Ranua Church hall
Steven Dann, viola and musical direction

Programme:
Szymon Laks: Piano Quintet, Finnish premiere
Max Bruch: Romanze op. 85, arr. Amnael Orozco-Diaz, Finnish premiere of arr.
Alois Hába: Fantasy for Nonet No. 2 in Seven-note System, op. 41, Finnish premiere 
Jerzy Fitelberg: Fisches Nachtgesang (Nachtmusik, op. 9), Finnish premiere 
Johannes Brahms: String Quintet G major op. 111, arr. Philippe Entremont, Finnish premiere of arr.

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT II
From Darkness into Light

Thu 15.2. at 19 Korundi
Fri 16.2. at 18 Savuskoski School

Programme:
Missy Mazzoli: A Door into the Dark
George Crumb: Black Angels, ”Thirteen Images from the Dark Land”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in C minor, KV388, ”Nachtmusik”, arr. David Walter 
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Into the Heart of Light (Canto V) 
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring 

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT II
Fiddlers Fantasies

Thu 29.2. at 19 Korundi
Fri 1.3. at 18 Kuusamotalo
Florian Donderer, violin and musical direction

Programme:
Einojuhani Rautavaara: The Fiddlers
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto no 2 E major BWV 1042
Luigi Boccherini: La Casa del Diavolo (Symphony in D minor op. 12 no 4, G. 506)
Giya Kancheli: Brücken zu Bach, Finnish premiere
Jean Sibelius: En Saga op. 9, arr. for octet Jaakko Kuusisto
Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 53 D major 'L'impériale' Hob I:53

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT III
Joyeux Anniversaire Kalevi

Thu 14.3. at 19 Korundi
Adrien Perruchon, conductor
Eero Saunamäki, recorder

Programme:
Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, arr. David Walter
Kalevi Aho: Recorder Concerto
Claude Debussy: La plus que lente
Tony Aubin: Suite Éolienne, Finnish premiere
Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole, arr. David Walter, Finnish premiere of arr. 

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT IV
Symphonic Yoik

Wed 27.3. at 19 Korundi
Thu 28.3. at 20.30 Enontekiö Church, Hetta Music Days
John Storgårds, conductor
Niillas Holmberg, yoik and recitation (only in Korundi)
Katarina Barruk, voice and yoik

Programme:
Roope Mäenpää: Luovus - Symphony for yoik and chamber orchestra (mvts II-IV), poem: Niillas Holmberg (only in Rovaniemi)
Katarina Barruk: Yoiks, arr. Det Norske Kammerorkester (Finnish premieres) and Marcus Hu & Nicholas Main (WORLD PREMIERES)
Arnold Schönberg: Pelleas und Melisande op. 5, arr Levi Hammer, Finnish premiere of arr.

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT III
Focus Steve Reich 

Fri 5.4. at 19 Korundi
Colin Currie, percussion, conductor and musical direction

Programme:
Steve Reich: Clapping Music
Steve Reich: Violin Phase 
Steve Reich: Duet 
John Adams: Shaker Loops
Steve Reich: Nagoya Marimbas
Brett Dean: Polysomnography
Michael Torke: Music on the Floor

 

RECITAL I
Colin Currie Solo

Fri 5.4. at 21 Korundi
Colin Currie, percussion

Programme:
Kalevi Aho, Rolf Wallin a.o.

 

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT IV
All things great and small

Thu 11.4. at 19 Korundi
Fri 12.4. at 19 Kemijärvi Cultural Centre
Olli Mustonen, piano and conductor
Janne Thomsen, flute
Abel Puustinen, violin
Iida Mojzer, violin 

Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite (no.2) in B  minor 
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet E flat Major op.16
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, arr. RVW & J.Thomsen huilulle for flute and chamber ensemble 
Olli Mustonen: Triple Concerto 

 

RECITAL II
Olli Mustonen Solo: Opus 111

Sun 14.4. at 14 Korundi
Olli Mustonen, piano

Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E flat major op. 7
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in G major op. 31/1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C minor op. 111

 

CHAMBER SYMPHONY CONCERT V
By the light of the moon

Thu 18.4. at 19 Korundi
Ruut Kiiski, conductor
Kaisa Ranta, soprano

Programme:
Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune, arr. Jussi Lampela
Giya Kancheli: Puhallinkvintetto (2013), Finnish premiere 
Igor Stravinsky: Concerto en Ré ("Basle")  
Antonín Dvořák: Měsícku na nebi hlubokém ('Song to the Moon', from the opera Rusalka)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture from the opera Don Giovanni KV 527, arr. David Walter
Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte KV 520
Donna Elvira's recitative In quali eccessi ja aaria Mi tradì, quell'alma ingrata, from the opera Don Giovanni KV 527
Ambroise Thomas: Ofelia's aria Et maintenant, écoutez ma chanson!, from the opera Hamlet
William Bolcom: Orphée-Sérénade, Finnish premiere

 

GUEST CONCERT

Sat 4.5. at Konserthaus Klagenfurt Austria
John Storgårds, conductor
Frode Haltli, accordion 

Programme:
Robert Schumann/Detlev Glanert: Geistervariationen, Austrian premiere
Outi Tarkianen: Polar Pearls, Austrian premiere
Bent Sørensen: 'It is Pain Flowing Down Slowly on a White Wall', Austrian premiere
Robert Schumann: Symphony No 2 C Major, op. 61, arr. Kimmy Szeto, Austrian premiere

 

RECITAL III
Niko Kumpuvaara Solo

Thu 23.5. at 19 Korundi
Niko Kumpuvaara, accordion

Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no 2
György Ligeti: Musica Ricercata
Outi Tarkiainen: ...and they began to sing
Egberto Gismonti: Frevo, Palhaço

 

LIGHT MUSIC CONCERT
Gems  from the great Finnish song book

Fri 24.5. at 19 Korundi
Marzi Nyman, leader and electric guitar
Niko Kumpuvaara, accordion

Programme:
From Sibelius to Rautavaara and Säkkijärven polkka to Pelle Miljoona.

 

RECITAL IV
Élégance

Thu 30.5. at 19 Korundi
Juuli Holma, baroque cello
Louna Hosia, baroque cello
Petteri Pitko, harpsichord

Programme:
Jean-Baptiste Barrière: Sonates pour le violoncelle avec le basse continue, livre II, sonata No. 2 F sharp minor
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre:  Suite D minor (movements from Pièces de clavecin & Pièces de clavecin)
Francesco Geminiani: Sonates pour le violoncelle et basse continue, op. 5, No. 4, B flat major
François Couperin: Les Goûts-réunis, Concerto No. 13 in G (Sarabande, Air, Chaconne legere)
François Couperin: Passacaille "L'Amphibie" (24e ordre, Quatrième livre)
Jean-Baptiste Barrière: Sonates pour le violoncelle avec le basse continue, livre II, sonata No. 3, D minor
Jean-Baptiste Barrière: Sonates pour le violoncelle avec le basse continue, livre III, sonata No. 2, Aria (Largo) 

 

GUEST CONCERT
Silence Festival 

Fri 7.6. at 21 Ojanperä Hall, Kaukonen, Kittilä
John Storgårds, conductor
Lauri Sallinen, clarinet
Jukka Huitila, light designer

Programme:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare), arr. David Matthews
Brett Dean: Polysomnography
Outi Tarkiainen: The Seasons of Love
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring

 

GUEST CONCERT
ISCM New Music Festival, Faroe Isles

Mon 24.6. at 6pm Hátun, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
John Storgårds, conductor

Programme:
Eric Egan: in some other Oasis
Pauli i Sandageroi: Vel op for dag
Natasha Bogojevic: Dissolvenza
Maciej Kabza: The Infinity Mirror II for String Orchestra
Carlos Brito Dias: was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht?
Raimonda Ziukaité: 1000 Mouths

 

GUEST CONCERT
ISCM New Music Festival, Faroe Isles

Tue 25.6. at 7pm Nordens hus, Tórshavn Faroe Islands
John Storgårds, conductor
Anna Laakso, piano

Programme:
Victoria Frances Young: Piano Concerto
Haimoni Balgava: Carpathian Timbre
Tom Irvine: Cardboard
Kristian Blak: úr Holminum
Sunleif Rasmussen: Chorals and Dances
Janco Verduin: korenveld met kraaien (wheat field with crows)

 

AUTUMN 2023

MUSIC IN THE VILLAGE

Thu 17.8. at 18 Viirin seurantalo
Fri 18.8. at 18 Lohinivan tanssitalo

Free entry

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)

Tickets 11/22,50/28 €

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

Tickets 15/20/25 €

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.

Tickets 11/22,50/28 €

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
Lili Boulanger: D'un soir triste 
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio

Tickest 15/20/25 €

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 

Ticket sell at concert venues

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

Tickets 11/22,50/28 €

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

Ticket sell at Espoo Cultural Centre / lippu.fi

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.

Tickets 11/22,50/28 €

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

Tickets 11/22,50/28 €

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.

Tickets 20/30/35 €

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.

Tickets 11/35 €

From Korundi’s jewellery box

Fri 3.11. at 18 Korundi

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

Tickets 11 €

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

Tickets 11/22,50/28 €

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

Tickets 15/20/25 €

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.

Tickets 11/22,50/28 €

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

Tickets 15/20/25 €

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

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

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

Tickets 15/20/25 €

THE LAST CONCERTS OF AUTUMN 2023
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

Tickets 11/22,50/28 €

 

SPRING 2023

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

 

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.