Concerts | Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri

Cancelled - Pictures at an Exhibition

Fri 14 / 01 / 2022

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Susanna Mälkki

conductor

Frank Peter Zimmermann

violin

Anders Hillborg

Through Lost Landscapes (Finnish premiere)

Robert Schumann

Violin Concerto

Modest Musorgski

Pictures at an Exhibition

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Unfinished Symphony

Wed 16 / 02 / 2022

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Dima Slobodeniouk

conductor

Franz Schubert

Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

Jörg Widmann

Lied

Sergei Rahmaninov

Symphony No. 3 ”Rhenish”

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Lieutenant Kijé

Thu 03 / 03 / 2022

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

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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Planet Earth

Fri 25 / 03 / 2022

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Watch and listen

Pekka Kuusisto

violin, conductor

Musiikkitalon Kuoro

Eleriin Müüripeal

choir coach

Pjotr Tšaikovski

Andante cantabile for string orchestra

Hildur Guðnadóttir

Vishnaja Pamyat arr. Robert Ames (Finnish premiere)

Arvo Pärt

Fratres for violin, string orchestra & percussion

Andrea Tarrodi

Paradisfåglar

Intermission

Antti Auvinen

Stabat Tiger Mater (Premiere)

Igor Stravinsky

Symphony of Psalms

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Rosenkavalier

Wed 13 / 04 / 2022

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Nuno Coelho

conductor

Eric Lu

piano

Antonín Dvořák

Othello, overture

Frédéric Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 1

Intermission

Miroslav Srnka

Tak klid

Richard Strauss

Rosenkavalier Suite

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Moldau

Fri 06 / 05 / 2022

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

conductor

Saleem Ashkar

piano

Pjotr Tšaikovski

Piano Concerto No. 1

Intermission

Bedřich Smetana

Four movements from the suite Má vlast - My Fatherland ( I Vyšehrad II Vltava - Moldau III Šárka IV Z ceských luhu a háju)

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Sinfonia Brevis

Wed 21 / 09 / 2022

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Dalia Stasevska

conductor

Alexandre Kantorow

piano

Helvi Leiviskä

Sinfonia brevis

Sergei Rahmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 1

Intermission

Jean Sibelius

Symphony No. 6

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Maria Kyrkov ja Pekka Kuusisto c Maarit Kytöharju

Dark & Bright

Thu 06 / 10 / 2022

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Watch and listen

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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Helix

Wed 02 / 11 / 2022

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Tomas Djupsjöbacka

conductor

Martin Grubinger

percussion

Robert Schumann

Symphony No. 4

Intermission

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Helix

Daníel Bjarnason

Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (premiere)

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Songs of Meena

Thu 01 / 12 / 2022

19:00 - 20:45

Series III

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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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From the New World

Thu 15 / 12 / 2022

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

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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Bruckner 9

Fri 20 / 01 / 2023

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

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Susanna Mälkki

conductor

Ossi Tanner

piano

Ann-Elise Hannikainen

Piano Concerto

Intermission

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 9

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Lemminkäinen

Wed 08 / 02 / 2023

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Susanna Mälkki

conductor

Katarina Karnéus

mezzo-soprano

Gustav Mahler

Rückert-Lieder

Intermission

Jean Sibelius

Lemminkäinen Suite, four legends

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The Exterminating Angel

Thu 09 / 03 / 2023

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

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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Paavali Jumppanen credit Maarit Kytöharju

Saraste & Jumppanen

Wed 05 / 04 / 2023

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

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Jukka-Pekka Saraste

conductor

Paavali Jumppanen

piano

Sebastian Hilli

Peach

Witold Lutosławski

Piano Concerto

Intermission

Carl Nielsen

Symphony No. 5

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Apple blossoms

Fri 28 / 04 / 2023

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

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Anja Bihlmaier

conductor

Anu Komsi

soprano

Jukka Linkola

Tyrants don't believe in love, Helsinki Variations (world premiere)

Toivo Kuula

The Sea-Bathing Maidens

Oskar Merikanto

Omenankukat

Oskar Merikanto

Pai pai paitaressu

Oskar Merikanto

Päivyt paistaos

Intermission

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 1

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Farewell, Susanna Mälkki

Wed 31 / 05 / 2023

19:00 - 20:40

Series III

Susanna Mälkki

conductor

Victoria Karkacheva

mezzo-soprano

Musiikkitalon Kuoro

Cantores Minores

Helsingin kamarikuoro

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 3

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Great Symphonists

Fri 06 / 10 / 2023

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Adam Fischer

conductor

Aurora Marthens

soprano

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 4

Intermission

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 4

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Bright Classics

Wed 25 / 10 / 2023

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Jane Glover

conductor

Imogen Cooper

piano

Louise Farrenc

Ouverture No. 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano concerto No. 23

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

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Towards the Sky

Thu 09 / 11 / 2023

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

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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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John, Jean, Johannes

Fri 01 / 12 / 2023

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

John Storgårds

conductor

Frode Haltli

accordion

Jean Sibelius

The Oceanides – Yale version

Bent Sørensen

It is pain flowing down slowly on a white wall

Jean Sibelius

Nightride and Sunrise

Intermission

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 3

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Earth's Shadows

Wed 10 / 01 / 2024

19:00 - 21:30

Series III

Jukka-Pekka Saraste

conductor

Jan Lehtola

organ

Olivier Messiaen

Les offrandes oubliées

Kaija Saariaho

Earth's Shadows

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"

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Registers

Thu 08 / 02 / 2024

19:00 - 20:30

Series III

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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Fokus Bruckner II

Thu 21 / 03 / 2024

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

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

Thu 18 / 04 / 2024

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

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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Magic Birds

Wed 15 / 05 / 2024

19:00 - 21:00

Series III

Pekka Kuusisto

conductor

Stina Saari

author

Matti Kangaskoski

author

Jyrki Kiiskinen

author

Aulikki Oksanen

author

Hannah Eisendle

heliosis (first performance in Finland)

Thea Musgrave

Phoenix Rising

Anna Clyne

This Midnight Hour

Igor Stravinsky

Firebird, suite (1919)

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