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Alexander Melnikov

Cancelled - Icarus

Wed 19 / 01 / 2022
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Ville Matvejeff
conductor
Aleksandr Melnikov
piano
Lera Auerbach
Icarus
Sergei Rahmaninov
Paganini Rhapsody
Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for Orchestra
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Susanna Mälkki credit Jiyang Chen

Cancelled - Tabea Zimmermann Soloist

Wed 02 / 02 / 2022
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Tabea Zimmermann
viola
Jean Sibelius
Tapiola
Béla Bartók
Viola Concerto op. Posthumous
Pjotr Tšaikovski
Symphony No. 4
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Antonello Manacorda

Lieutenant Kijé

Wed 02 / 03 / 2022
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Antonello Manacorda
conductor
Liza Ferschtman
violin
Sergei Prokofjev
Lieutenant Kijé, symphonic suite
Sergei Prokofjev
Violin Concerto No. 1
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4
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Mckenzie Melemed

Beloved Rachmaninoff

Wed 16 / 03 / 2022
19:00 - 21:15
Series I
Mei-Ann Chen
conductor
Mackenzie Melemed
piano
Bohuslav Martinů
Toccata e due canzoni
Sergei Rahmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 7
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John Storgårds

Gerstein & Storgårds

Wed 30 / 03 / 2022
19:00 - 21:30
Series I
John Storgårds
conductor, violin
Kirill Gerstein
piano
Anton Webern
Four Pieces for violin and piano op. 7
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1
Anton Webern
Five pieces for Orchestra op. 10
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2
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Camilla Nylund

Vier letzte Lieder

Wed 27 / 04 / 2022
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
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Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Camilla Nylund
soprano
Sampo Haapamäki
Helsinki Variations (world premiere)
Richard Strauss
Vier letzte Lieder
Intermission
Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration
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Benjamin Appl

Wunderhorn

Wed 11 / 05 / 2022
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Benjamin Appl
baritone
Gustav Mahler
Des Knaben Wunderhorn, selection
Intermission
Dmitri Šostakovitš
Symphony No. 8
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Lise Lindstrom

Tristan and Isolde

Wed 07 / 09 / 2022
19:00 - 21:30
Series I
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Stuart Skelton
Tristan, tenor
Lise Lindstrom
Isolde, soprano
Jenny Carlstedt
Brangäne, mezzo-soprano
Markus Nieminen
Kurwenal, baritone
Brindley Sherratt
King Marke, bass
Roland Liiv
Melot, tenor
Richard Strauss
Metamorphosen
Intermission
Richard Wagner
Tristan and Isolde, Act II
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Dark & Bright

Wed 05 / 10 / 2022
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Maria Krykov
double bass
Einojuhani Rautavaara
A Requiem in Our Time
George Walker
Symphony No. 5
Missy Mazzoli
Dark with Excessive Bright
Intermission
Ida Moberg
Sunrise, Orchestral Suite
Isobel Waller-Bridge
Temperatures (Finnish premiere)
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Ingo Metzmacher

Bruckner 3

Wed 19 / 10 / 2022
19:00 - 20:15
Series I
Ingo Metzmacher
conductor
Lotta Wennäkoski
Hava
Anton Bruckner
Symphony no 3 D minor (ed. Nowak)
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Alexander Melnikov

Paganini Rhapsody

Wed 16 / 11 / 2022
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Joana Carneiro
conductor
Alexander Melnikov
piano
Magnus Lindberg
Absence
Sergei Rahmaninov
Paganini Rhapsody
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7
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Tuuli Takala

Songs of Meena

Wed 30 / 11 / 2022
19:00 - 20:45
Series I
Osmo Vänskä
conductor
Tuuli Takala
soprano
Väinö Raitio
The Swans
Olli Kortekangas
Songs of Meena (world premiere)
Intermission
Joonas Kokkonen
Symphony No. 4
Jean Sibelius
In Memoriam op. 59
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Nathalie Stutzmann

From the New World

Wed 14 / 12 / 2022
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Nathalie Stutzmann
conductor
Matthew Hunt
clarinet
Lilli Maijala
viola
Jean Sibelius
Cortége
Max Bruch
Double Concerto for Clarinet and Viola
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 ”From the New World”
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Kit Armstrong

Inkinen & Armstrong

Wed 11 / 01 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Pietari Inkinen
conductor
Kit Armstrong
piano
Unsuk Chin
Subito con forza
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2
Intermission
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 (Original Version 1915)
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Joseph Alessi

LA Variations

Wed 25 / 01 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Paolo Bortolameolli
conductor
Joseph Alessi
trombone
Esa-Pekka Salonen
LA Variations
Chick Corea
Trombone Concerto “A Stroll” (First performance in Finland)
Intermission
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2
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The Exterminating Angel

Wed 08 / 03 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Dima Slobodeniouk
conductor
Xavier de Maistre
harp
Ernest Pingoud
Symphony No. 1
Kaija Saariaho
Trans
Intermission
Leevi Madetoja
Kullervo, Symphonic Poem
Thomas Adès
Exterminating Angel Symphony
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Jan Söderblom

Sinfonie singuliere

Wed 22 / 03 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jan Söderblom
conductor
Isabelle Faust
violin
Fredrik Pacius
The Hunt of King Charles, overture
Robert Schumann
Violin Concerto
Intermission
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie Singulière"
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Tobias Feldmann

A Hero’s Life

Wed 19 / 04 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Pablo González
conductor
Tobias Feldmann
violin
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Violin Concerto
Intermission
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
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Sakari Oramo

The Conducting Class

Wed 17 / 05 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Sakari Oramo
conductor
Joonas Ahonen
piano
Elisar Riddelin
Adomas Morkunas
Erle Kont
Mateusz Gwizdałła
Students of the Sibelius Academy conducting class
Anders Hillborg
Through Lost Landscapes (Finnish premiere)
Jouni Kaipainen
Piano Concerto
Intermission
Ernst Mielck
Symphony F minor
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Sound and Fury

Wed 13 / 09 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Jean Sibelius
Tapiola
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 60 "Il distratto"
Intermission
Anna Clyne
Sound and Fury
Edgard Varèse
Amériques
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International Paulo Cello Competition

Wed 11 / 10 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
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Rumon Gamba
conductor
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Towards the Sky

Wed 08 / 11 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Pēteris Vasks
Lonely Angel – Meditation for Violin and String Orchestra
Jean Sibelius
Crane Scene / The Peacock and Hark, the Robin from Swanwhite Suite / The Swan of Tuonela
Intermission
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"
Anna Clyne
Within Her Arms
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Northern Lights

Wed 22 / 11 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Thomas Dausgaard
conductor
Inbal Segev
cello
Timo Alakotila
harmonium
Tero Pajunen
vocals
Ilona Korhonen
vocals
Minna-Liisa Tammela
vocals
Anna-Karin Korhonen
kantele
Edvard Grieg
Two Nordic Melodies
Anna Clyne
Dance for cello and orchestra
Intermission
Thomas Dausgaard / Timo Alakotila
Prelude to Sibelius 5th symphony
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 (Original Version 1915)
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Fokus Sibelius II

Wed 13 / 12 / 2023
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
soprano
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 3
Alban Berg
Seven Early Songs
Intermission
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
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Schumann Cycle II

Wed 24 / 01 / 2024
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Antonello Manacorda
conductor
Maximilian Hornung
cello
Robert Schumann
Symfoni nr 1 “Spring”
Robert Schumann
Cello concerto
Intermission
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2
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Registers

Wed 07 / 02 / 2024
19:00 - 20:30
Series I
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
James McVinnie
organ
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Nico Muhly
Register, concerto for organ and orchestra (first performance in Finland)
Intermission
Maurice Ravel
Ma mére L'Oye, Mother Goose, ballet
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Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Fokus Bruckner I

Wed 06 / 03 / 2024
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Martin Fröst
clarinet
Anna Clyne
Weathered for clarinet and orchestra (first performance in Finland)
Intermission
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 (1890, ed. Nowak)
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Fokus Bruckner II

Wed 20 / 03 / 2024
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
piano
Aleksandr Skrjabin
Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9
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Towards paradise

Wed 17 / 04 / 2024
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Dima Slobodeniouk
conductor
Håkan Hardenberger
trumpet
Jörg Widmann
Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI) (First performance in Finland)
Sergei Prokofjev
Cinderella, suite from ballet
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