Helsinki Philharmonic by Marko Rantanen

Concerts

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Concerts

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Cinema in concert: Triangle of Hope

Mon 06 / 01 / 2025
15:00 - 16:15
Mateusz Gwizdałła
conductor
Juho Kuosmanen
director
Outi Airola
singer
Pietu Korhonen
foley
Heikki Kossi
foley
Ykspihlajan Kino-orkesteri
Scrap-Mattila and The Beautiful Woman
Ykspihlajan Kino-orkesteri
The Moonshiners
Ykspihlajan Kino-orkesteri
A Planet Far Away
Ola Onabule

Point Less – Ola Onabulé

Thu 09 / 01 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
Ed Partyka
conductor
Ola Onabulé
singer
Ola Onabulé
The Old Story (arr. Ed Partyka & Artturi Rönkä)
Ola Onabulé
Throwaway Notion (arr. Ed Partyka & Artturi Rönkä)
Ola Onabulé
Point Less (arr. Ed Partyka & Artturi Rönkä)
Ola Onabulé
I Knew Your Father (arr. Ed Partyka & Artturi Rönkä)
Ola Onabulé
You Can't Depend On Love (arr. Ed Partyka & Artturi Rönkä)
Ola Onabulé
And Yet (arr. Ed Partyka & Artturi Rönkä)
Ola Onabulé
So They Say (arr. Ed Partyka & Artturi Rönkä)
Ola Onabulé
What The Heck (arr. Ed Partyka & Artturi Rönkä)
Ola Onabulé
Ballad Of The Star Crossed (arr. Ed Partyka & Artturi Rönkä)
Ola Onabulé
Tender Heart (arr. Ed Partyka & Artturi Rönkä)
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Ella & Friends in Concert

Fri 17 / 01 / 2025
18:30 - 19:20
Concerts for children
Erkki Lasonpalo
conductor
Lotta Kuusisto
Ella
Paavo Kerosuo
Teacher
Timo Parvela
narrator
Iiro Rantala
music
Timo Parvela
lyrics
Jaakko Kuusisto & Iiro Rantala
arrangement and orchestration
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Final rehearsal

Wed 22 / 01 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Crusell 250

Wed 22 / 01 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Eva Ollikainen
conductor
Osmo Linkola
clarinet
Igor Stravinsky
The Song of the Nightingale
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Conserto No. 2
Arvo Pärt
Symphony No. 3
Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin, suite
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Crusell 250

Thu 23 / 01 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Eva Ollikainen
conductor
Osmo Linkola
clarinet
Igor Stravinsky
The Song of the Nightingale
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Conserto No. 2
Arvo Pärt
Symphony No. 3
Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin, suite
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Love Stories of the Century

Fri 31 / 01 / 2025
12:00 - 13:00
Matinee
Emilia Hoving
conductor
Pjotr Tšaikovski
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Heidi Sundblad-Halme
Enchanted Belt
Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from the musical West Side Story
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Love Stories of the Century

Fri 31 / 01 / 2025
19:00 - 20:00
Series IV
Emilia Hoving
conductor
Pjotr Tšaikovski
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Heidi Sundblad-Halme
Enchanted Belt
Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from the musical West Side Story
Filharmooninen viihdejousikko

Encounters Club: Symphonic Dances

Fri 31 / 01 / 2025
20:00 - 21:30
Chamber music
Filharmooninen Viihdejousikko
Jani Lehtonen
violin
Petri Päivärinne
violin
Ilkka Lehtonen
violin
Tuomas Huttunen
viola
Ilmo Saaristo
cello
Matti Tähkävuori
kitara
Pasi Suomalainen
Drums
Pekka Korhonen
double bass
Janne Hovi
piano
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Final rehearsal

Wed 05 / 02 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Sibelius & Rihm

Wed 05 / 02 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Ingo Metzmacher
conductor
Jean Sibelius
En Saga
Wolfgang Rihm
Sub-Kontur (first performance in Finland)
Wolfgang Rihm
Verwandlung
Jean Sibelius
Tapiola
Pieni alkusoitto

Little Overture

Thu 06 / 02 / 2025
18:15 - 18:45
Others
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Sibelius & Rihm

Thu 06 / 02 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Ingo Metzmacher
conductor
Jean Sibelius
En Saga
Wolfgang Rihm
Sub-Kontur (first performance in Finland)
Wolfgang Rihm
Verwandlung
Jean Sibelius
Tapiola
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Musica nova Helsinki

Fri 14 / 02 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
André de Ridder
conductor
Carolin Widmann
violin
Lisa Streich
ISHJÄRTA (first performance in Finland)
Rebecca Saunders
Still (first performance in Finland)
Bára Gísladóttir
ÓS (first performance in Finland)
Piyawat Louilarpprasert
Ptera (first performance in Finland)
Olli Virtaperko
Aarre for symphony orchestra and the Helsinki Music Centre Organ, Helsinki Variations (World premiere)
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Final rehearsal

Fri 28 / 02 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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In memoriam

Fri 28 / 02 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Katia Labèque
piano
Marielle Labèque
piano
Arvo Pärt
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Benjamin Britten
An American Overture
Nico Muhly
In Certain Circles, Concerto for Two Pianos (first performance in Finland)
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Final rehearsal

Wed 05 / 03 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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To New Worlds

Wed 05 / 03 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Dalia Stasevska
conductor
Elina Vähälä
violin
Missy Mazzoli
Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Samy Moussa
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "Adrano" (first performance in Finland)
John Corigliano
Chaconne from The Red Violin
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 ”From the New World”
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To New Worlds

Thu 06 / 03 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Dalia Stasevska
conductor
Elina Vähälä
violin
Missy Mazzoli
Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Samy Moussa
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "Adrano" (first performance in Finland)
John Corigliano
Chaconne from The Red Violin
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 ”From the New World”
Pieni alkusoitto

Little Overture

Tue 11 / 03 / 2025
18:00 - 18:30
Others
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Junior Concert

Tue 11 / 03 / 2025
19:00 - 20:15
Concerts for children
Kasmir Uusitupa
conductor
Satu Sopanen
script, presenter and music dramaturgy
Helsingin 5. musiikkipainotteisten luokkien oppilaita
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Final rehearsal

Fri 14 / 03 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Winter Sky

Fri 14 / 03 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Ariane Matiakh
conductor
Roman Borisov
piano
Kaija Saariaho
Ciel d'Hiver
Sergei Rahmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8
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Encounters Club

Fri 14 / 03 / 2025
21:00 - 22:30
Chamber music
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Night of the Organ

Wed 19 / 03 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Miguel Harth-Bedoya
conductor
Daniel Müller-Schott
cello
Pétur Sakari
organ
Samy Moussa
A Globe Itself Infolding for organ and orchestra (first performance in Finland)
Dmitri Šostakovitš
Cello Concerto No. 1
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony”
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Night of the Organ

Thu 20 / 03 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Miguel Harth-Bedoya
conductor
Daniel Müller-Schott
cello
Pétur Sakari
organ
Samy Moussa
A Globe Itself Infolding for organ and orchestra (first performance in Finland)
Dmitri Šostakovitš
Cello Concerto No. 1
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony”
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Bacchus and Ariadne

Fri 28 / 03 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Samy Moussa
conductor
Helsingin kamarikuoro
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior!
Samy Moussa
Antigone (first performance in Finland)
Albert Roussel
Bacchus and Ariadne
Pieni alkusoitto

Little Overture

Wed 02 / 04 / 2025
18:15 - 18:45
Others
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Cosmic Dimensions

Wed 02 / 04 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Kristīne Balanas
violin
Sebastian Fagerlund
Drifts
Béla Bartók
Violin Concerto No. 1 op. Posthumous
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 4
Pieni alkusoitto

Little Overture

Thu 03 / 04 / 2025
18:15 - 18:45
Others
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Cosmic Dimensions

Thu 03 / 04 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Kristīne Balanas
violin
Sebastian Fagerlund
Drifts
Béla Bartók
Violin Concerto No. 1 op. Posthumous
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 4
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Final rehearsal

Fri 11 / 04 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Dawn

Fri 11 / 04 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Pekka Kuusisto
conductor
Stefan Dohr
horn
Arne Nordheim
Individualisierte Höhemessung der Lagen
Dobrinka Tabakova
Dawn
Andrea Tarrodi
Camelopardalis
Olivier Messiaen
Prière du Christ montant vers son Père
Jörg Widmann
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (first performance in Finland)
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Encounters Club

Fri 11 / 04 / 2025
21:00 - 22:30
Chamber music
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Final rehearsal

Wed 16 / 04 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
Pieni alkusoitto

Little Overture

Wed 16 / 04 / 2025
18:15 - 18:45
Others
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Heavenly Trombones

Wed 16 / 04 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Jörgen van Rijen
trombone
Samy Moussa
Concerto for trombone and orchestra "Yericho" (first perfomance in Finland)
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 (1877)
Pieni alkusoitto

Little Overture

Thu 17 / 04 / 2025
18:15 - 18:45
Others
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Heavenly Trombones

Thu 17 / 04 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Jörgen van Rijen
trombone
Samy Moussa
Concerto for trombone and orchestra "Yericho" (first perfomance in Finland)
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 (1877)
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Final rehearsal

Fri 25 / 04 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Generational Bridge

Fri 25 / 04 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Marek Janowski
conductor
María Dueñas
violin
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor
Franz Schubert
Symphony no 8 “The Great”
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May Day Matinee

Thu 01 / 05 / 2025
12:00 - 13:00
Matinee
Jukka Iisakkila
conductor
Anna Danik
mezzo-soprano
Markus Nieminen
baritone
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May Day Matinee

Thu 01 / 05 / 2025
14:00 - 15:00
Matinee
Jukka Iisakkila
conductor
Anna Danik
mezzo-soprano
Markus Nieminen
baritone
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Final rehearsal

Fri 09 / 05 / 2025
10:00 - 13:00
General rehearsals
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Spartacus

Fri 09 / 05 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series III
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian
conductor
Tine Thing Helseth
trumpet
Aram Hatšaturjan
Adagio from Spartacus
Aram Hatšaturjan
Variation of Aegina and Bacchanalia from Spartacus
Alexander Arutiunian
Trumpet Concerto
Jean Sibelius
Pan and Echo
Claude Debussy
La mer
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Encounters Club

Fri 09 / 05 / 2025
21:00 - 22:30
Chamber music
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Free But Happy

Wed 14 / 05 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series I
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Leonidas Kavakos
violin
Dmitri Šostakovitš
Violin Concerto No. 1
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3
Pieni alkusoitto

Little Overture

Thu 15 / 05 / 2025
18:15 - 18:45
Others
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Free But Happy

Thu 15 / 05 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series II
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Leonidas Kavakos
violin
Dmitri Šostakovitš
Violin Concerto No. 1
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3
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Resurrection

Fri 23 / 05 / 2025
19:00 - 21:00
Series IV
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
conductor
Helena Juntunen
soprano
Mireille Lebel
mezzo-soprano
Musiikkitalon Kuoro
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"