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Resurrection
Fri 23 / 05 / 2025
19:00 - 20:30
Series IV
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Helena Juntunen
soprano
Mireille Lebel
mezzo-soprano
Musiikkitalon kuoro
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
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XIII International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition: 1. Final
Tue 27 / 05 / 2025
18:30 - 21:30
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Dima Slobodeniouk
conductor
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XIII International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition: 2. Final
Wed 28 / 05 / 2025
18:30 - 21:30
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Dima Slobodeniouk
conductor
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XIII International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition: 3. Final
Thu 29 / 05 / 2025
18:30 - 21:30
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Dima Slobodeniouk
conductor
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Helsinki festival: Love Song
Thu 14 / 08 / 2025
19:00 - 21:30
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Helena Juntunen
soprano
Momo Kodama
piano
Dasha Pears
photography
Jean Sibelius
The Tempest No. 4, Chorus of the Winds
Sauli Zinovjev
Tarpeeton pyyhitään yli (World premiere)
Intermission
Olivier Messiaen
Turangalîla
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Final rehearsal
Fri 05 / 09 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Pre-Concert Talk
Fri 05 / 09 / 2025
18:15 - 18:45
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Reunion
Fri 05 / 09 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
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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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Final rehearsal
Wed 10 / 09 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Beauty and Contrasts
Wed 10 / 09 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Boris Giltburg
piano
Magnus Lindberg
Serenades
Sergei Rahmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1
Béla Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
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Beauty and Contrasts
Thu 11 / 09 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Boris Giltburg
piano
Magnus Lindberg
Serenades
Sergei Rahmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1
Béla Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
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Final rehearsal
Fri 19 / 09 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Back to Nature!
Fri 19 / 09 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
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Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
James McVinnie
organ
Gabriella Smith
Breathing Forests, for organ and orchestra (first performance in Finland)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
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Adventure Concert
Thu 25 / 09 / 2025
18:30 - 19:15
Concerts for children
Izabelė Jankauskaitė
conductor
Ville Mononen
Nakkirakki & script
Loviisa Tuomi-Nikula
Detective of the Land of Music & script
Satu Sopanen
Detective of the Land of Music & script, music dramaturgy
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Slavonic Dances
Fri 03 / 10 / 2025
12:00 - 13:00
Matinee
Aleksandra Melaniuk
conductor
Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances op. 46
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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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Encounters Club
Fri 03 / 10 / 2025
20:00 - 21:30
Chamber music
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Final rehearsal
Wed 08 / 10 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Light and Power
Wed 08 / 10 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Osmo Vänskä
conductor
Luka Coetzee
cello
Aulis Sallinen
Symphony No. 1
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto
Charles Ives
Symphony No. 2
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Light and Power
Thu 09 / 10 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
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Osmo Vänskä
conductor
Luka Coetzee
cello
Aulis Sallinen
Symphony No. 1
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto
Charles Ives
Symphony No. 2
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Greetings from Bayreuth
Fri 17 / 10 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Pietari Inkinen
conductor
Catherine Foster
soprano
Andreas Schager
tenor
Richard Wagner
Siegfried, parts
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung, parts
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Final rehearsal
Wed 22 / 10 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Titan
Wed 22 / 10 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Anja Bihlmaier
conductor
Veronika Eberle
violin
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Concerto funebre
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 ”Titan”
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Titan
Thu 23 / 10 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
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Anja Bihlmaier
conductor
Veronika Eberle
violin
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Concerto funebre
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 ”Titan”
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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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Lowest frequencies
Thu 06 / 11 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Adrian Rigopulos
double bass
György Ligeti
Romanian Concerto
Lotta Wennäkoski
Alin (World premiere)
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 7
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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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Encounters Club
Fri 14 / 11 / 2025
21:00 - 22:30
Chamber music
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Final rehearsal
Wed 19 / 11 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Songs of the Ice
Wed 19 / 11 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Pekka Kuusisto
violin
Outi Tarkiainen
Songs of the Ice
Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1
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Pre-Concert Talk
Thu 20 / 11 / 2025
18:15 - 18:45
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Songs of the Ice
Thu 20 / 11 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
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Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Pekka Kuusisto
violin
Outi Tarkiainen
Songs of the Ice
Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1
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Pre-Concert Talk
Mon 08 / 12 / 2025
18:15 - 18:45
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Finnish Music Day
Mon 08 / 12 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
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Jorma Panula
conductor
Maximilian Fagerlund
conductor
Iris Candelaria
soprano
Einojuhani Rautavaara
A Requiem in Our Time
Sebastian Fagerlund
Beneath
Jean Sibelius
Songs
Uuno Klami
Kalevala Suite
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Fantastic Sights
Fri 12 / 12 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
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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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Encounters Club
Fri 12 / 12 / 2025
21:00 - 22:30
Chamber music
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The Creation
Wed 17 / 12 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jonathan Cohen
conductor
Musiikkitalon kuoro
Soraya Mafi
soprano
Allan Clayton
tenor
Alex Rosen
Bass
Joseph Haydn
The Creation
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The Creation
Thu 18 / 12 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Jonathan Cohen
conductor
Musiikkitalon kuoro
Soraya Mafi
soprano
Allan Clayton
tenor
Alex Rosen
Bass
Joseph Haydn
The Creation
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Final rehearsal
Fri 16 / 01 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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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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Encounters Club
Fri 16 / 01 / 2026
21:00 - 22:30
Chamber music
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Final rehearsal
Wed 21 / 01 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Pre-Concert Talk
Wed 21 / 01 / 2026
18:15 - 18:45
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The Sound of Fate
Wed 21 / 01 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Christian Tetzlaff
violin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5
Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto
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The Sound of Fate
Thu 22 / 01 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Christian Tetzlaff
violin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5
Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto
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Awelings
Fri 30 / 01 / 2026
18:30 - 19:30
Concerts for children
Elisar Riddelin
conductor
Cécile Orblin
script, and direction, narrator
Antti Auvinen
composition
Tuomas Kärkkäinen
script, illustration and animation
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Seasons
Wed 04 / 02 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Anne Sofie von Otter
mezzo-soprano
Ale Carr
cittern
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Catamorphosis
Mikael Karlsson
So We Will Vanish (first performance in Finland)
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
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Seasons
Thu 05 / 02 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Anne Sofie von Otter
mezzo-soprano
Ale Carr
cittern
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Catamorphosis
Mikael Karlsson
So We Will Vanish (first performance in Finland)
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
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Final rehearsal
Fri 13 / 02 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Pre-Concert Talk
Fri 13 / 02 / 2026
18:15 - 18:45
Others
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Taste of Metal
Fri 13 / 02 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
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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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Final rehearsal
Fri 27 / 02 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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The Rite of Spring
Fri 27 / 02 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Eva Ollikainen
conductor
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
AIŌN
Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (1947)
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Encounters Club
Fri 27 / 02 / 2026
21:00 - 22:30
Chamber music
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Final rehearsal
Wed 04 / 03 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Heirs to Brahms
Wed 04 / 03 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Rudolf Buchbinder
piano
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1
Arnold Schönberg
Pelléas and Mélisande
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Heirs to Brahms
Thu 05 / 03 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Rudolf Buchbinder
piano
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1
Arnold Schönberg
Pelléas and Mélisande
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Playfulness
Fri 13 / 03 / 2026
12:00 - 13:00
Matinee
Caleb Young
conductor
Antoine Tamestit
viola
Leonard Bernstein
Candide, overture
John Williams
Viola Concerto
Dmitri Šostakovitš
Symphony No. 9
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Playfulness
Fri 13 / 03 / 2026
19:00 - 20:00
Series III
Caleb Young
conductor
Antoine Tamestit
viola
Leonard Bernstein
Candide, overture
John Williams
Viola Concerto
Dmitri Šostakovitš
Symphony No. 9
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Encounters Club
Fri 13 / 03 / 2026
20:00 - 21:30
Chamber music
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Final rehearsal
Wed 18 / 03 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Pre-Concert Talk
Wed 18 / 03 / 2026
18:15 - 18:45
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Striking the keys
Wed 18 / 03 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Michael Sanderling
conductor
Andreas Haefliger
piano
Lili Boulanger
D'un matin de Printemps
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A Minor
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor
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Striking the keys
Thu 19 / 03 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
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Michael Sanderling
conductor
Andreas Haefliger
piano
Lili Boulanger
D'un matin de Printemps
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A Minor
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor
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Final rehearsal
Fri 27 / 03 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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I Want to Be Alive
Fri 27 / 03 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
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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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One Thousand and One Nights
Wed 01 / 04 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Jan Söderblom
conductor
Emma Kajander
soprano
Maurice Ravel
Šeherazade, overture
Maurice Ravel
Schéhérazade
Ahmed Adnan Saygun
Symphony No. 1
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
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Junior Concert
Fri 10 / 04 / 2026
19:00 - 20:15
Concerts for children
Jukka Untamala
conductor
Satu Sopanen
script, presenter and music dramaturgy
Helsingin 5. musiikkiluokkien oppilaita
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Final rehearsal
Wed 15 / 04 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Spring in Paris
Wed 15 / 04 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Malin Broman
lead, violin
Louise Farrenc
Overture No. 1 in E minor
Gabriel Fauré
Pelléas et Mélisande
Maurice Ravel
Tzigane
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Hippolyte et Aricie, music from the opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 "Paris"
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Spring in Paris
Thu 16 / 04 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Malin Broman
lead, violin
Louise Farrenc
Overture No. 1 in E minor
Gabriel Fauré
Pelléas et Mélisande
Maurice Ravel
Tzigane
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Hippolyte et Aricie, music from the opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 "Paris"
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Final rehearsal
Fri 24 / 04 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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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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Encounters Club
Fri 24 / 04 / 2026
21:00 - 22:30
Chamber music
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May Day Matinee
Fri 01 / 05 / 2026
12:00 - 13:00
Matinee
Maria Ylipää
soloist
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May Day Matinee
Fri 01 / 05 / 2026
14:00 - 15:00
Matinee
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Maria Ylipää
soloist
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Final rehearsal
Fri 08 / 05 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Prague Evening
Fri 08 / 05 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
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Manfred Honeck
conductor
Lilja Haatainen
violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture from La Clemenza di Tito
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93
Camille Saint-Saëns
Violin Concerto No. 3
Erwin Schulhoff
Five pieces
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Swansong
Wed 13 / 05 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Risto Joost
conductor
Musiikkitalon kuoro
Arvo Pärt
Swansong
Arvo Pärt
Adam's Lament
Dmitri Šostakovitš
Symphony No. 15
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Final rehearsal
Fri 22 / 05 / 2026
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Mother Earth
Fri 22 / 05 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
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Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Fazil Say
piano
Fazil Say
Mother Earth (first performance in Finland)
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4
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Great, greater, Mahler
Wed 27 / 05 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Cantores Minores
Musiikkitalon kuoro
Karen Cargill
mezzo-soprano
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3
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Pre-Concert Talk
Thu 28 / 05 / 2026
18:15 - 18:45
Others
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Great, greater, Mahler
Thu 28 / 05 / 2026
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Cantores Minores
Musiikkitalon kuoro
Karen Cargill
mezzo-soprano
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3
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