Finnish Music Day

How will the tradition of Finnish music continue and what will the change sound like? In 2020, the entire field of music finds itself in an exceptional situation, and on Finnish Music Day, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra will offer small snapshots of music here and now together with others in the Helsinki music scene.  

Laura Netzel: Sonata for cello and piano  
Edith Sohlström: Elegy  
Helvi Leiviskä: Piano quartet  

Jan Söderblom, violin  
Lotta Poijärvi, viola  
Senja Rummukainen, cello  
Valeria Resjan, piano  
Erkki Suomalainen, programme  

This chamber music concert revisits the roots of Romantic music in the birthplaces of the Finnish music tradition. The tone of the cello corresponded to the need for expression during the Romantic period, often accompanied by the piano. The format of the works from this period period, on the other hand, borrowed from previous generations of composers: concertos, sonatas, quartets or – the spiritual product of the Romantic era itself – graceful and exquisite miniatures.  

Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor, piano  
Ossi Tanner, piano  
Anton Mejias, piano  
Tami Pohjola, violin  
Kasmir Uusitupa, violin  

Interludes: Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen, violin, Minna-Leena Lahti (soprano)  

Outi Tarkiainen: Joye  
W.A. Mozart: Concerto for three pianos and orchestra  
Andrea Tarrodi: “Acanthes” concerto for two violins and strings  

The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates Finnish Music Day together with young musicians. The idea at the heart of this concert is that of a continuum between generations: we are links in a centuries-old chain of traditions.  

The concert kicks off with Outi Tarkiainen’s Joye fanfare, followed by Mozart’s concerto for three pianos, a rarely performed piece due to its instrumentation. Andrea Tarrodi is a Swedish composer and recipient of the Nordic Council Music Prize, whose “Acanthes” concerto is inspired by Finnish and Swedish folk songs.