Concerts
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Concerts
Fri 26 / 04 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Francesco Piemontesi
piano
Antony Hermus
conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture
Unsuk Chin
Piano Concerto
Interval 25 min
Sergei Prokofjev
Romeo and Julia, suite
Wed 01 / 05 / 2019
12:00 - 13:00
Taavi Oramo
conductor
KOLIZIO
brass band
Niina Lahtinen
actor
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin Prelude to Act III
Johann Strauss Jr
Furioso-Polka
Uuno Klami
Suomenlinna, overture
Pierre de Geyter
Kansainvälinen (sov. Antti Rissanen)
Aleksandrov-Anderson-Collins-Elgar-Kaski-Keskitalo-Kress-Lumbye-Manone-Monti-Mores-Pacius-Rimski-Korsakov-Rossini-Sibelius-Smith-Stevens-Strauss-Stravinski-Trad.-Virtanen-Wagner
Mayday-Mayday-Mayday (arr. Petri Keskitalo)
Trad.
En liten fågel
Johann Strauss Jr
Champagne Polka
Kari Kriikku
Kombucha for song and string orchestra
Christian F. Kress
Porilaisten marssi
Wed 01 / 05 / 2019
14:00 - 15:00
Taavi Oramo
conductor
KOLIZIO
brass band
Niina Lahtinen
actor
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin Prelude to Act III
Johann Strauss Jr
Furioso-Polka
Uuno Klami
Suomenlinna, overture
Aleksandrov-Anderson-Collins-Elgar-Kaski-Keskitalo-Kress-Lumbye-Manone-Monti-Mores-Pacius-Rimski-Korsakov-Rossini-Sibelius-Smith-Stevens-Strauss-Stravinski-Trad.-Virtanen-Wagner
Mayday-Mayday-Mayday (arr. Petri Keskitalo)
Pierre de Geyter
Kansainvälinen (sov. Antti Rissanen)
Trad.
En liten fågel
Johann Strauss Jr
Champagne Polka
Kari Kriikku
Kombucha for song and string orchestra
Antti Rissanen
Spanish Delights
Christian F. Kress
Porilaisten marssi
Fri 10 / 05 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Christian Tetzlaff
violin
Enno Poppe
New work
Karol Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 1
Interval 25 min
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 3
Wed 15 / 05 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Mario Venzago
conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
piano
Bach - Stokowski
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Sergei Rahmaninov
Paganini Rhapsody
Arthur Honegger
Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique"
Bach - Stokowski
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Interval 25 min
Thu 16 / 05 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Mario Venzago
conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
piano
Bach - Stokowski
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Sergei Rahmaninov
Paganini Rhapsody
Interval 25 min
Arthur Honegger
Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique"
Bach - Stokowski
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Fri 24 / 05 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Isabelle Faust
violin
Jean Sibelius
Satu / En Saga
Ondřej Adámek
Follow me - concerto for violin and orchestra
Interval 25 min
Béla Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Fri 06 / 09 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Exaudi
Carlo Gesualdo
Asciugate i begli occhi for vocal ensemble
Igor Stravinsky
Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum
Interval 25 min
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 6
Luciano Berio
Sinfonia for Eight Solo Voices and Orchestra
Wed 11 / 09 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Nelson Freire
piano
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4
Interval 25 min
Lotta Wennäkoski
Of Footprints and Light (premiere)
Robert Schumann
Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52
Thu 12 / 09 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Nelson Freire
piano
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4
Interval 25 min
Lotta Wennäkoski
Of Footprints and Light (premiere)
Robert Schumann
Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52
Fri 20 / 09 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Nora Gubisch
Mezzo-soprano
Hans Werner Henze
Erlkönig
Luciano Berio
Folk Songs
Interval 25 min
Pjotr Tšaikovski
Symphony No. 5
Wed 25 / 09 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Hans Graf
conductor
Stefan Jackiw
violin
Ottorino Respighi
Trittico Botticelliano
Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto
Interval 25 min
Ferruccio Busoni
Tanz-Walzer
Ottorino Respighi
Roman Festivals
Thu 26 / 09 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Hans Graf
conductor
Stefan Jackiw
violin
Ottorino Respighi
Trittico Botticelliano
Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto
Interval 25 min
Ferruccio Busoni
Tanz-Walzer
Ottorino Respighi
Roman Festivals
Tue 01 / 10 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Others
Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
Antti Rissanen
conductor
Maria Ylipää
vocals
Fri 04 / 10 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Antonello Manacorda
conductor
Elisabeth Leonskaja
piano
Niall Chorell
narrator
Arnold Schönberg
Ode to Napoleon
Ludwig van Beethoven
Pianokonsertto nro 5 Keisarikonsertto
Interval 25 min
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 ”Eroica”
Thu 10 / 10 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Finnish Baroque Orchestra
Georg Kallweit
conductor
Silvia Frigato
soprano
Gyula Orendt
Baritone
George Friedrich Händel
Series from the operas Ariodante and Alcina
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto grosso ”Il Pianto d`Arianna”
Francesco Maria Veracini
Overture No. 6
George Friedrich Händel
Cantata Apollo e Dafne
Fri 18 / 10 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Donato Renzetti
conductor
Alexander Toradze
piano
Sergei Prokofjev
Piano Concerto No. 3
Interval 25 min
Alfredo Casella
Symphony No. 2
Wed 23 / 10 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Péter Eötvös
conductor
Leticia Moreno
violin
Péter Eötvös
Alle vittime senza nome
Péter Eötvös
DoReMi, Violin Concerto No. 2
Interval 25 min
Claude Debussy
Tarantelle styrienne
Zoltán Kodály
Háry János Suite
Thu 24 / 10 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Péter Eötvös
conductor
Leticia Moreno
violin
Péter Eötvös
Alle vittime senza nome
Péter Eötvös
DoReMi, Violin Concerto No. 2
Interval 25 min
Claude Debussy
Tarantelle styrienne
Zoltán Kodály
Háry János Suite
Fri 01 / 11 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Osmo Vänskä
conductor
Eriikka Maalismaa
violin
Ottorino Respighi
The Pines of Rome
Veli Kujala
”Auseil” Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (premiere)
Interval 25 min
Sergei Rahmaninov
Symphony No. 1
Wed 06 / 11 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Andreas Haefliger
piano
The Helsinki Chamber Choir
Giacinto Scelsi
Quattro Pezzi su una nota sola
Dieter Ammann
Piano Concerto (first performance in Finland)
Interval 25 min
Gustav Holst
The Planets
Thu 07 / 11 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Andreas Haefliger
piano
The Helsinki Chamber Choir
Giacinto Scelsi
Quattro Pezzi su una nota sola
Dieter Ammann
Piano Concerto (first performance in Finland)
Interval 25 min
Gustav Holst
The Planets
Tue 12 / 11 / 2019
19:00 - 20:00
Concerts for Children
József Hárs
conductor
Satu Sopanen
vocalist and presenter
5th grade music students from Helsinki
Fri 15 / 11 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Klaus Mäkelä
conductor
Shenyang
Igor Stravinsky
suite from ballet The Fairy's Kiss
Modest Musorgski
Songs and Dances of Death
Interval 25 min
Dmitri Šostakovitš
Symphony No. 5
Wed 20 / 11 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Garrick Ohlsson
piano
Ferruccio Busoni
Berceuse élégiaque op. 42
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25
Interval 25 min
Francesco Filidei
Fiori di fiori
Franz Liszt
symphonic poem
Thu 21 / 11 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Garrick Ohlsson
piano
Ferruccio Busoni
Berceuse élégiaque op. 42
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25
Interval 25 min
Francesco Filidei
Fiori di fiori
Franz Liszt
symphonic poem
Fri 29 / 11 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Thomas Adès
conductor
Kirill Gerstein
piano
Jean Sibelius
Parts of the series Scènes historiques
Ferruccio Busoni
Romanza e Scherzoso, for piano and orchestra
Interval 25 min
Thomas Adès
Piano Concerto (first performance in Finland)
Leoš Janáček
Taras Bulba
Thu 05 / 12 / 2019
19:00 - 20:00
Others
Armas Järnefelt
Festive Overture
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 3
Sat 07 / 12 / 2019
16:00 - 17:30
Others
Alina Pogostkina
violin
Jean Sibelius
Two Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra
Jean Sibelius
Four Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 3
Sun 08 / 12 / 2019
15:00 - 17:00
Sarja I
Alina Pogostkina
violin
Armas Järnefelt
Festive Overture
Jean Sibelius
Two Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra
Jean Sibelius
Four Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 3
Fri 13 / 12 / 2019
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Gemma New
conductor
Antoine Tamestit
viola
Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide, overture
Luciano Berio
Voci for viola and 2 instrumental groups
Interval 25 min
Sergei Prokofjev
Symphony No. 5
Wed 18 / 12 / 2019
19:00 - 20:15
Sarja III
Bruno Weil
conductor
Sophie Karthäuser
soprano
Katrin Wundsam
Mezzo-soprano
Werner Güra
tenor
Paul Armin Edelmann
Bass
Musiikkitalon Kuoro
Thu 19 / 12 / 2019
19:00 - 20:15
Bruno Weil
conductor
Sophie Karthäuser
soprano
Katrin Wundsam
Mezzo-soprano
Werner Güra
tenor
Paul Armin Edelmann
Bass
Musiikkitalon Kuoro
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9
Mon 06 / 01 / 2020
15:00 - 17:00
Others
Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri
Anssi Tikanmäki Orchestra ATO
Riku Niemi
conductor
Fri 10 / 01 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Alan Buribajev
conductor
Andreas Brantelid
cello
Gioachino Rossini
overture
Pjotr Tšaikovski
Rococo Variations
Interval 25 min
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Pjotr Tšaikovski
Capriccio Italien
Wed 15 / 01 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Szilvia Vörös
Mezzo-soprano
Mika Kares
Bass
Hector Berlioz
King Lear Overture
Béla Bartók
Bluebeard's Castle
Thu 16 / 01 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Szilvia Vörös
Mezzo-soprano
Mika Kares
Bass
Hector Berlioz
King Lear Overture
Béla Bartók
Bluebeard's Castle
Fri 24 / 01 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Gianandrea Noseda
conductor
Luigi Dallapiccola
Partita
Interval 25 min
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9
Wed 29 / 01 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Thomas Zehetmair
violin, condcutor
Antonio Salieri
26 Variazioni sulla Follia di Spagna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major
Interval 25 min
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2
Thu 30 / 01 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Thomas Zehetmair
violin, condcutor
Antonio Salieri
26 Variazioni sulla Follia di Spagna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major
Interval 25 min
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2
Fri 07 / 02 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Mario Venzago
conductor
Ning Feng
violin
Gioachino Rossini
Overture to Il viaggio a Reims
Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No. 1
Interval 25 min
Luigi Nono
Incontri
Giuseppe Martucci
Symphony No. 2
Wed 12 / 02 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Simone Young
conductor
Daniel Müller-Schott
cello
Gioachino Rossini
Overture to Il Signor Bruschino, overture
Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto
Interval 25 min
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"
Thu 13 / 02 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Simone Young
conductor
Daniel Müller-Schott
cello
Gioachino Rossini
Overture to Il Signor Bruschino, overture
Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto
Interval 25 min
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"
Wed 26 / 02 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Klaus Mäkelä
conductor
Mario Zeffiri
tenor
Nathan Berg
Baritone
André Wilms
Narrator
Erik Söderblom
Director
Musiikkitalon Kuoro
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
Interval 25 min
Hector Berlioz
Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie
Thu 27 / 02 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Klaus Mäkelä
conductor
Mario Zeffiri
tenor
Nathan Berg
Baritone
André Wilms
Narrator
Erik Söderblom
Director
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
Interval 25 min
Hector Berlioz
Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie
Fri 06 / 03 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Olari Elts
conductor
Ilja Gringolts
violin
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture
Salvatore Sciarrino
Allegoria della notte for violin and orchestra
Felix Mendelssohn
Viulukonsertto e-molli
Interval 25 min
Lotta Wennäkoski
Verdigris
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 1
Wed 11 / 03 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Guy Braunstein
violin, leader
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D Major
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Interval 25 min
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4
Thu 12 / 03 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Guy Braunstein
violin, leader
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D Major
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Interval 25 min
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4
Fri 20 / 03 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann
violin
Jean Sibelius
Tapiola
Alban Berg
Violin Concerto
Interval 25 min
Kaija Saariaho
Vista (premiere)
Wed 25 / 03 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Claire Chase
Flute
Esperanza Spalding
voice and doublebass
Igor Stravinsky
Circus Polka
Felipe Lara
Uusi teos (ke)
Interval 25 min
Fausto Romitelli
Dead City Radio – Audiodrome
Igor Stravinsky
Tulilintu
Thu 26 / 03 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Claire Chase
Flute
Esperanza Spalding
voice and doublebass
Igor Stravinsky
Circus Polka
Felipe Lara
Uusi teos (ke)
Fausto Romitelli
Dead City Radio – Audiodrome
Igor Stravinsky
Tulilintu
Fri 03 / 04 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Nils Schweckendiek
conductor
Håkan Hardenberger
Trumpet
Musiikkitalon Kuoro
Bohuslav Martinů
Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca
Luca Francesconi
Hard Pace, concerto for trumpet and orchester
Interval 25 min
Giuseppe Verdi
Quattro pezzi sacri
Wed 08 / 04 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Jane Glover
conductor
Hannu Perttilä
Oboe
Aurora Marthens
soprano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mitridate, rè di Ponto, overture
Bruno Maderna
Concerto for oboe and chamber orchestra
Interval 25 min
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate jubilate
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
Thu 09 / 04 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Jane Glover
conductor
Hannu Perttilä
Oboe
Aurora Marthens
soprano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mitridate, rè di Ponto, overture
Bruno Maderna
Concerto for oboe and chamber orchestra
Interval 25 min
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate jubilate
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
Fri 17 / 04 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Esko Laine
Ennio Morricone
Varianti su un segnale di polizia
Nino Rota
Divertimento concertante for Double Bass and Orchestra
Interval 25 min
Modest Musorgski
Pictures at an Exhibition
Wed 22 / 04 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Risto Joost
conductor
Angela Hewitt
piano
Francesca Verunelli
The Narrow Corner
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1
Interval 25 min
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 ”Pastoral Symphony”
Thu 23 / 04 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Risto Joost
conductor
Angela Hewitt
piano
Francesca Verunelli
The Narrow Corner
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1
Interval 25 min
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 ”Pastoral Symphony”
Fri 01 / 05 / 2020
12:00 - 13:00
Others
Markus Lehtinen
conductor
Helena Juntunen
soprano
Tuomas Katajala
tenor
Fri 01 / 05 / 2020
14:00 - 15:00
Others
Markus Lehtinen
conductor
Helena Juntunen
soprano
Tuomas Katajala
tenor
Wed 06 / 05 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja I
Tianyi Lu
conductor
Janne Mertanen
piano
Giuseppe Verdi
La Forza del Destino, overture
Nino Rota
Pianokonsertto e-molli
Richard Strauss
Aus Italien op. 16
Thu 07 / 05 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja II
Tianyi Lu
conductor
Janne Mertanen
piano
Giuseppe Verdi
La Forza del Destino, overture
Nino Rota
Pianokonsertto e-molli
Richard Strauss
Aus Italien op. 16
Fri 15 / 05 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja IV
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Anne Sofie von Otter
Mezzo-soprano
Kimmo Hakola
Helsinki Variations (premiere)
Alexander Zemlinsky
Maeterlinck lieder op. 13
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1
Wed 20 / 05 / 2020
19:00 - 21:00
Sarja III
Olli Mustonen
conductor
Kristian Winther
violin
Gioachino Rossini
Wilhelm Tell, overture
Ottorino Respighi
Concerto gregoriano
Olli Mustonen
Triptyykki
Rodion Shtshedrin
Concerto for Orchestra No. 3 "Old Russian Circus Music"
Fri 29 / 05 / 2020
19:00 - 20:30
Sarja IV
Maria Bengtsson
soprano
Micaela Schuster
Mezzo-soprano
Jean-Francois Borras
tenor
Timo Riihonen
Bass
Musiikkitalon Kuoro
Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem