Helsinki Philharmonic by Marko Rantanen

Concerts

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Concerts

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Reunion

Fri 05 / 09 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Pekka Kuusisto
violin
Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä
violin
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Aeriality (first performance in Finland)
Samy Moussa
Stasis for eight spatialised French horns with gongs (first performance in Finland)
Anna Clyne
Prince of Clouds
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2
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Slavonic Dances

Fri 03 / 10 / 2025
19:00 - 20:00
Series IV
Aleksandra Melaniuk
conductor
Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances op. 46
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All that jazz

Fri 31 / 10 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
Teemu Takanen
conductor
Iiro Rantala
piano
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Symphony of Psalms

Fri 14 / 11 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Kent Nagano
conductor
Musiikkitalon kuoro
Tuuli Lindeberg
soprano
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ein' Feste Burg ist unser Gott
Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms
Hildegard von Bingen
O vis eternitatis
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"
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Fantastic Sights

Fri 12 / 12 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Aphrodite Patoulidou
soprano, reciter
Laura Netzel
Fantasia
Benjamin Britten
Les Illuminations
Ellen Reid
Body Cosmic (first performance in Finland)
Anders Hillborg
Eleven Gates
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Turning Points

Fri 16 / 01 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Johannes Moser
cello
Ludwig van Beethoven
Grosse Fuge
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Before we fall, Cello Concerto (first performance in Finland)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7
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Taste of Metal

Fri 13 / 02 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Hannu Lintu
conductor
Daniel Lozakovich
violin
Pjotr Tšaikovski
The Voyevoda Op. 78, symphonic ballad for orchestra
Pjotr Tšaikovski
Violin Concerto
Sauli Zinovjev
Taste of Metal (World premiere)
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I Want to Be Alive

Fri 27 / 03 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Daníel Bjarnason
conductor
Leila Josefowicz
violin
Richard Wagner
Prelude and Liebestod from the opera Tristan and Isolde
Karol Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 2
Daníel Bjarnason
I Want to Be Alive (first performance in Finland)
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Emperor and Jupiter

Fri 24 / 04 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Kirill Gerstein
piano
György Kurtág
...quasi una fantasia...
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"
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Mother Earth

Fri 22 / 05 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Fazil Say
piano
Fazil Say
Mother Earth (first performance in Finland)
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4