Concerts

September 2018
Season concert 1

MELNIKOV GOES ROMANTIC

Alexander Melnikov Piano Meri Englund Violin Asko Heiskanen Clarinet Jaakko Luoma Bassoon Sari Deshayes Violin Päivi Rissanen Violin II Jussi Tuhkanen Viola Riitta Pesola Cello Panu Pärssinen Double bass
Friday 7.9.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Felix Mendelssohn Sonata for violin and piano in F minor op. 4 Mihail Glinka Sextet for piano and strings in E flat major Mihail Glinka Trio pathétique Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto no. 1
Friday 7.9.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert 2 & Beethoven Series

BEETHOVEN I

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor Thomas Florio Baritone
Friday 14.9.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Peter Maxwell Davies Eight Songs for a Mad King Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 1
Friday 14.9.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Moments I

MOMENTS I: REFLECTIONS OF JAZZ

Jaakko Luoma Bassoon Kirill Kozlovski Piano
Sunday 16.9.2018 15.00 15/10/6 € Sello Hall
Emil Petrovics Passacaglia in Blues Alexandre Tansman Sonatina André Previn Sonata Manfred Schoof Two Impromptus Erwin Schulhoff ”Hot-Sonate” Daniel Schnyder Sonata
Sunday 16.9.2018 15.00 15/10/6 € Sello Hall
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Matinee

MATINEE: TURKISH VIOLIN

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor Sergey Malov Violin Jukka Rantamäki Host
Thursday 20.9.2018 14.00 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Cultural Centre
Jean-Baptiste Lully Turkish March Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto no. 5 ‘Turkish’ Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 2
Thursday 20.9.2018 14.00 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert & Beethoven series

BEETHOVEN II

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor Sergey Malov Violin
Friday 21.9.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Jean-Baptiste Lully Marche pour la cérémonie des turcs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto no. 5 ‘Turkish’ Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 2
Friday 21.9.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert

VENZAGO GOES SYMPHONIC

Mario Venzago Conductor Paavali Jumppanen Piano
Friday 28.9.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major op. 83 Anton Bruckner Symphony no. 0 "Die Nullte"
Friday 28.9.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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October 2018
Special Concert

PETER AND THE WOLF – a children’s story in music

Arturo Alvarado Conductor Jussi Vatanen Narrator
Saturday 6.10.2018 15.00 From 8/6 €, Group Tickets (min. 4 persons) 26 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Sergei Prokofjev Peter and the Wolf Serge Prokofiev Summer Day
Saturday 6.10.2018 15.00 From 8/6 €, Group Tickets (min. 4 persons) 26 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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Moments II

MOMENTS II: QUARTET PARTY

Hannu Vasara Violin Anthony Marini Violin Ritva Kaukola Viola Jukka Kaukola Cello
Sunday 7.10.2018 15.00 15/10/6 € Sello Hall
Louis Spohr String Quartet No. 1 E-flat major Ludvig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 B-flat major Ferdinand Ries String Quartet No. 2 in G major
Sunday 7.10.2018 15.00 15/10/6 € Sello Hall
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Season concert 5

TÖLÖLÄB

Taavi Oramo Conductor and live electronics Turkka Inkilä Shakuhachi, flute and live electronics Saku Mattila Oboe Antti Salovaara Bassoon
Friday 12.10.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Magnus Lindberg Jubilees Anton Webern Symphony op. 21 Tölöläb Improvisations between opuses Ottorino Respighi Trittico botticelliano Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Friday 12.10.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Erikoiskonsertti

PAULO CELLO COMPETITION I

Competition Finalists
Monday 22.10.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Joseph Haydn Cello Concertos Luigi Boccherini Cello Concertos
Monday 22.10.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Special Concert

PAULO CELLO COMPETITION II

Competition Finalists
Tuesday 23.10.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Joseph Haydn Cello Concertos Luigi Boccherini Cello Concertos
Tuesday 23.10.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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November 2018
Season Concert

THE GREAT C MINOR

Kristiina Poska Conductor Marjukka Tepponen Soprano Silja Aalto Soprano Juho Punkeri Tenor Kristian Lindroos Bass Suomen Laulu Choir Esko Kallio Chorus Master
Thursday 1.11.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mass in C minor K. 427
Thursday 1.11.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Guest Concert

Mass in C minor

Kristiina Poska Conductor Marjukka Tepponen Soprano Silja Aalto Soprano Juho Punkeri Tenor Kristian Lindroos Bass Suomen Laulu Choir Esko Kallio, Chorus Master
Saturday 3.11.2018 20.00 25/19/11 € Kallio Church, Helsinki
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mass in C Minor K. 427
Saturday 3.11.2018 20.00 25/19/11 € Kallio Church, Helsinki
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Matinee

MATINEE: SYMPHONIES FOR SOLOISTS

Sergio Azzolini Bassoon and Conductor Jukka Rantamäki Host
Thursday 15.11.2018 14.00 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Cultural Centre
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in G minor RV 576 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in D major RV 564a Jan Dismas Zelenka Symphony in A minor
Thursday 15.11.2018 14.00 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert 7

BAROQUE MASTERS

Sergio Azzolini Bassoon and Conductor
Friday 16.11.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in G minor RV 576 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in D major RV 564a Jan Dismas Zelenka Concerto in G major ZWV 186 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for two bassoons and orchestra RV 531 Jan Dismas Zelenka Symphony in A minor
Friday 16.11.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Moments III

MOMENTS III: MENU BEETHOVEN

Aleksandra Pitkäpaasi Violin Mikko Pitkäpaasi Cello Naoko Ichihashi Piano
Sunday 18.11.2018 15.00 15/10/6 € Sello Hall
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata no. 4 for cello and piano op. 102/1 Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata no. 9 in A major for violin and piano op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio no. 1 in E flat major op. 1
Sunday 18.11.2018 15.00 15/10/6 € Sello Hall
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Season concert 8

ITALIAN CHRISTMAS

Rachel Podger Violin and director
Friday 23.11.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello Symphony in F major Giuseppe Torelli Christmas Concerto in G minor Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto "Il Riposo per il Santissimo Natale" Francesco Manfredini Christmas Concerto in C major Francesco Geminiani Concerto grosso No. 12 "La Folia" Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri Pastoral Concerto in D major Arcangelo Corelli Christmas Concerto in G minor
Friday 23.11.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert 9

ZIMMERMANN GOES SCHUMANN

Tabea Zimmermann Viola and Conductor
Friday 30.11.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Sándor Veress Four Transylvanian Dances Robert Schumann Viola Concerto in A minor op. 129 Franz Schubert Symphony no. 2
Friday 30.11.2018 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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December 2018
Yhteislaulukonsertti

Singalong concert: CHRISTMAS SONGS

Pasi Hyökki Conductor EMO Ensemble Tapiola Sinfonietta
Thursday 20.12.2018 18.00 Free admission Espoo Cultural Centre
Christmas Carols
Thursday 20.12.2018 18.00 Free admission Espoo Cultural Centre
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January 2019
Season concert 1 & Beethoven Series

BEETHOVEN III

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor and Cello
Friday 11.1.2019 19.00 Sold out Espoo Cultural Centre
Aulis Sallinen The Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote Rodion Shchedrin Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament, fp in Finland Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 3 ‘Eroica’
Friday 11.1.2019 19.00 Sold out Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert 2

SØNDERGÅRD & ROMBO

Thomas Søndergård Conductor Elin Rombo Soprano
Friday 25.1.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 80 Esa-Pekka Salonen Five Images after Sappho Alban Berg Sieben frühe Lieder Franz Schreker Chamber Symphony
Friday 25.1.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Moments IV

MOMENTS IV: FRIENDSHIP

Meri Englund Violin Laura Bucht Cello Salla Karakorpi Piano
Sunday 27.1.2019 15.00 15/10/6€ Sello Hall
Robert Schumann Pianotrio nr 3 in g minor op. 110 Felix Mendelssohn Pianotrio nr 1 d minor op. 49
Sunday 27.1.2019 15.00 15/10/6€ Sello Hall
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February 2019
Season concert 3

MUSICA NOVA

Baldur Brönnimann Conductor Bryce Dessner Guitar
Thursday 7.2.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Bryce Dessner Wires, Finnish premiere Antti Auvinen Digital Madrigal for orchestra and video, world premiere Morton Feldman For Samuel Beckett, Finnish premiere
Thursday 7.2.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Matinee

MATINEE: DARK LIGHT

Adrien Perruchon Conductor Alina Pogostkina Violin Jukka Rantamäki Host
Thursday 14.2.2019 14.00 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Cultural Centre
Karl Amadeus Hartmann Concerto funèbre for violin and strings Franz Schubert Symphony No. 4
Thursday 14.2.2019 14.00 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert 4

PERRUCHON & POGOSTKINA

Adrien Perruchon Conductor Alina Pogostkina Violin
Friday 15.2.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Gabriel Faure Pelléas and Mélisande Karl Amadeus Hartmann Concerto funèbre for violin and strings Franz Schubert Symphony No. 4
Friday 15.2.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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March 2019
Season Concert 5 & Beethoven Series

BEETHOVEN IV

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor Ossi Tanner Piano Nino Gvetadze Piano
Friday 1.3.2019 19.00 Sold out Espoo Cultural Centre
Ludwig van Beethoven Prometheus Overture Carl Czerny Piano Concerto in C major for piano four hands Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 4
Friday 1.3.2019 19.00 Sold out Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert 6

VENZAGO & JACKIW

Mario Venzago Conductor Stefan Jackiw Violin
Friday 15.3.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto no. 3 David Fulmer Jauchzende bögen, Nordic premier Wilhelm Stenhammar Symphony no. 2
Friday 15.3.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Moments V

MOMENTS V: ENCHANTING MOMENTS

Bridget Allaire-Mäki Bassoon Anni Haapaniemi Oboe Harri Mäki Clarinet Asko Heiskanen Basett horn
Sunday 17.3.2019 15.00 15/10/6€ Sello Hall
J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations arr. for woodwind quartet, fp in Finland
Sunday 17.3.2019 15.00 15/10/6€ Sello Hall
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Season concert 7

MELNIKOV GOES SHOSTAKOVICH AND MAHLER

Alexander Melnikov Piano Ville Rusanen Baritone Ilona Domnich Soprano
Friday 22.3.2019 19.00 25/19/11€, Double ticket (22. and 24. March) 35/25/15 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Gustav Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, arr. Arnold Schönberg Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 2 Gustav Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor Dmitri Šostakovitš Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok
Friday 22.3.2019 19.00 25/19/11€, Double ticket (22. and 24. March) 35/25/15 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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Special Concert

MELNIKOV – PRELUDES AND FUGUES

Alexander Melnikov Piano
Sunday 24.3.2019 15.00 15/10/6€, Double ticket (22. & 24. March) 35/25/15 € House of Nobility, Helsinki
Dmitri Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87
Sunday 24.3.2019 15.00 15/10/6€, Double ticket (22. & 24. March) 35/25/15 € House of Nobility, Helsinki
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April 2019
Season concert 8

VENZAGO & TAKALA

Mario Venzago Conductor Tuuli Takala Soprano
Friday 5.4.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Darius Milhaud La Création du Monde Claude Debussy Ariettes oubliées and La mer est plus belle Mélodies (orchestrated by Robin Holloway) Franz Schubert Symphony nr 9 "The Great"
Friday 5.4.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Matinee

MATINEE: RIDING THE WAVES

Valentin Uryupin Conductor Rebecca Roozeman Violin Jonathan Roozeman Cello Jan-Paul Roozeman Piano
Thursday 11.4.2019 14.00 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Cultural Centre
Henri Dutilleux Au gré des ondes Ludwig van Beethoven Triple Concerto op. 56
Thursday 11.4.2019 14.00 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert

URYUPIN & TRIO ROOZEMAN

Valentin Uryupin Conductor Jonathan Roozeman Cello Rebecca Roozeman Violin Jan-Paul Roozeman Piano
Friday 12.4.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Henri Dutilleux Au gré des ondes John Adams Son of Chamber Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven Triple Concerto op. 56
Friday 12.4.2019 19.00 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Guest concerts

Marius Neset Quintet & Tapiola Sinfonietta

Marius Neset Quintet Saxofon Jukka Iisakkila Conductor
Thursday 25.4.2019 19.00 from 29 € Espoon kulttuurikeskus
Marius Neset Viaduct, Finnish premiere
Thursday 25.4.2019 19.00 from 29 € Espoon kulttuurikeskus
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ARGENTINE OVERTURE TO MAY DAY EVE

Henrik Sandås Bandoneon Katja Koukkula & Jussi Väänänen Dance
Tuesday 30.4.2019 18.00 25/20/15€, incl. glass of sparkling wine Espoo Cultural Centre
Astor Piazzolla Tango del ángel Mores/Salgan Taquito Militar Franco/Piazzolla Noche de Amor De Caro/Piazzolla Loca Bohemia Astor Piazzolla Suite Angeles y Diablos
Tuesday 30.4.2019 18.00 25/20/15€, incl. glass of sparkling wine Espoo Cultural Centre
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May 2019
Moments VI

MOMENTS VI: SURPRISE

Kamus Quartet Terhi Paldanius Violin Jukka Untamala Violin Jussi Tuhkanen Viola Petja Kainulainen Cello
Sunday 5.5.2019 15.00 15/10/6€. Sello Hall
Sunday 5.5.2019 15.00 15/10/6€. Sello Hall
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CHAMBER MUSIC AT VILLA GYLLENBERG I

Ensembles of the Tapiola Sinfonietta
Saturday 18.5.2019 16.00 15€, incl. programme and entrance to the museum Villa Gyllenberg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Octet for wind instruments in c minor Tōru Takemitsu Rain Spell Nico Muhly Clear Music André caplet "Conte fantastique for harp and string quartet
Saturday 18.5.2019 16.00 15€, incl. programme and entrance to the museum Villa Gyllenberg
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CHAMBER MUSIC AT VILLA GYLLENBERG II

Ensembles of the Tapiola Sinfonietta
Saturday 18.5.2019 19.00 15€, incl. programme and enytance to the museum Villa Gyllenberg
Claude Debussy, arr. Sachs Afternoon of a Faun Jean Sibelius, sov Jaakko Kuusisto En saga Erwin Schulhoff Sextet for strings Pyotr Tchaikovsky Autumn Song
Saturday 18.5.2019 19.00 15€, incl. programme and enytance to the museum Villa Gyllenberg
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CHAMBER MUSIC AT VILLA GYLLENBERG III

Ensembles of the Tapiola Sinfonietta
Sunday 19.5.2019 16.00 15€, incl. programme and entrance fee to the museum Villa Gyllenberg
Robert Schumann Three Romances Arnold Bax Threnody and Scherzo Andrea Tarrodi Empíreo Maurice Ravel Trois poèmes de Mallarmé
Sunday 19.5.2019 16.00 15€, incl. programme and entrance fee to the museum Villa Gyllenberg
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CHAMBER MUSIC AT VILLA GYLLENBERG IV

Ensembles of the Tapiola Sinfonietta
Sunday 19.5.2019 19.00 15€, incl. programme and entrance to the museum Villa Gyllenberg
George Crumb Vox Balaenae Johannes Brahms Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Sunday 19.5.2019 19.00 15€, incl. programme and entrance to the museum Villa Gyllenberg
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August 2019
GUEST concert

TALES OF HEROES

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor Janne Mertanen Piano
Thursday 29.8.2019 19.00 from 39 €, Lippupiste ja Carelicum Carelia-sali, Joensuu
Sauli Zinovjev Recharged Ludwig van Beethoven Pianokonsertto nro 4 Ludwig van Beethoven Sinfonia nro 3 "Eroica"
Thursday 29.8.2019 19.00 from 39 €, Lippupiste ja Carelicum Carelia-sali, Joensuu
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September 2019
Season concert 1, part 1

SCHUMANN & SCHUMANN, part 1

Sir Roger Norrington Conductor
Thursday 12.9.2019 19.00 25/19/11€, Double ticket 40/30/18€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Robert Schumannn Symphony no. 1 in B flat major, ‘Spring Symphony’ Robert Schumann Symphony no. 2 in C major op. 61
Thursday 12.9.2019 19.00 25/19/11€, Double ticket 40/30/18€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert 1, part 2

SCHUMANN & SCHUMANN, part 2

Sir Roger Norrington Conductor
Friday 13.9.2019 19.00 25/19/11€, Double ticket 40/30/18€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Robert Schumann Symphony no. 3 in E flat major op. 97, ‘Rhenish’ Robert Schumann Symphony no. 4 in D minor op. 120
Friday 13.9.2019 19.00 25/19/11€, Double ticket 40/30/18€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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MOMENTS I: BAROQUE FROM OUR STUDENT YEARS

Jaakko Luoma Baroque bassoon Elina Mattila Cello Laura Vihreäpuu Harpsichord
Sunday 15.9.2019 15.00 from. 15/10/6 € Sello Hall
Johann Ernst Galliard Sonata in A minor Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fughetta in G Major Antonio Vivaldi Sonata in E minor RV 40 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier Sonata in G Major op. 26 no 3 Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fuguein F minor from the "Das wohltemperierte Klavier II" Georg Philipp Telemann Sonata in F minor from the "Der Getreue Music-Meister" Joseph Bodin de Boismortier Sonata in E minor op. 50 no 1 Johann Friedrich Fasch Sonata in C Major
Sunday 15.9.2019 15.00 from. 15/10/6 € Sello Hall
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Season concert 2

Shadows

Taavi Oramo Conductor Matleena Nyman Piano
Friday 20.9.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Ilkka von Boehm Fortress of Shadows Alexandr Skrjabin Piano Concerto in F sharp minor op. 20 Arnold Schönberg Chamber Symphony no. 1 in E major op. 9 Jonny Greenwood Water
Friday 20.9.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert 3

Rain

Dalia Stasevska Conductor Vadim Gluzman Violin
Friday 27.9.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Hanns Eisler 14 Ways to Describe Rain, with the film Regen (1929), directed by Joris Ivens Igor Stravinsky Danses concertantes Claude Debussy / Leopold Stokowski Clair de lune Erich Korngold Violin Concerto
Friday 27.9.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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October 2019
Children´s concert

CIRCUS TALES

Marzi Nyman guitarist-conductor Kaisa Niemi ringmaster Maksim Komaro director Juho Rahijärvi lighting and visual design
Saturday 5.10.2019 15.00 from 8/6 €, group ticket from 26 € (4 persons) ESPOO culture centre
Saturday 5.10.2019 15.00 from 8/6 €, group ticket from 26 € (4 persons) ESPOO culture centre
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MATINÉE 1

MATINÉE 1

Ryan Bancroft Conductor Jukka Rantamäki Host
Thursday 10.10.2019 14.00 from 20 €, INCL. COFFEE AND PASTRY Espoo Cultural Centre
Tōru Takemitsu How slow the wind Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 6
Thursday 10.10.2019 14.00 from 20 €, INCL. COFFEE AND PASTRY Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert 4

Songs of Death

Ryan Bancroft Conductor Mika Kares Bass
Friday 11.10.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Tōru Takemitsu How slow the wind Modest Musorgski / Dmitri Šostakovitš Songs and dances of death Joonas Kokkonen Paavo’s Monologue I ‘I cannot open the door’ from the opera ‘The Last Temptations’ Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 6 in D minor op. 104
Friday 11.10.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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Season concert 5

Beethoven V

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor Emmanuel Ceysson Harp
Friday 25.10.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Sauli Zinovjev Un Grande Sospiro, world premiere Reinhold Glière Harp Concerto Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in C minor op. 67
Friday 25.10.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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Moments ii

MOMENTS II: GLOW

Susanne Helasvuo Violin Pekka Kauppinen Violin Tommi Aalto Viola Janne Aalto Cello Naoko Ichihashi Piano Iivari Aalto Piano
Sunday 27.10.2019 15.00 from 15/10/6 € Sello hall
Sergei Rahmaninov Trio élégiaque no 1 in G minor Johannes Brahms Piano quintet op. 34 in F minor
Sunday 27.10.2019 15.00 from 15/10/6 € Sello hall
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November 2019
Season concert 6

CROSSING THE ATLANTIC

Jeremy Denk Pianist-Conductor Jeffrey Means Conductor Irina Zahharenkova Cembalo
Friday 1.11.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Culture Centre
Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Concerto no. 2 in E major BWV 1053 Elliott Carter Double Concerto for piano, harpsichord and two chamber orchestras Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto in F major KV 459 Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring Suite
Friday 1.11.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Culture Centre
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season concert 7

meta4

META4 Quartet Antti Tikkanen Violin Minna Pensola Violin Atte Kilpeläinen Viola Tomas Djupsjöbacka Cello
Friday 8.11.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Jörg Widmann Octet Gustav Mahler Adagio from Symphony no. 10, arr. V. Mendelssohn and Meta4 Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 100 in G major, ‘Military Symphony’
Friday 8.11.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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Matinee

MATINÉE 2

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor Jukka Rantamäki Host
Thursday 21.11.2019 14.00 from 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Cultural Centre
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 6 ‘Pastoral’
Thursday 21.11.2019 14.00 from 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Cultural Centre
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season concert 8

Beethoven vi

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor Marko Ylönen Cello
Friday 22.11.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Einar Englund The White Reindeer Suite Pēteris Vasks Cello Concerto no. 2, ‘Klātbūtne’ Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 6 in F major op. 68, ‘Pastoral Symphony’
Friday 22.11.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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December 2019
Season concert 9

3 mob

Cem Mansur Concuctor Jeroen Berwaerts Trumpet Virva Puumala Sopran
Thursday 5.12.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat major Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 92 in G major, ‘Oxford’ Heinz Karl Gruber 3 MOB Pieces for trumpet and orchestra Arnold Schönberg String Quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 (arranged for string orchestra)
Thursday 5.12.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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Moments 3

Moments III: con corno

Pasi Pihlaja Horn Satu Kolehmainen Piano Rantamäki String Quartet
Sunday 8.12.2019 15.00 from 15/10/6 € Sello hall
Timo Klementtinen Rajaton Timo Katila Melancolico Alexander Gilev Consertino Satu Kolehmainen The Last waltz
Sunday 8.12.2019 15.00 from 15/10/6 € Sello hall
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Special consert

THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS CAROLS

Tapiola Choir Pasi Hyökki Conductor
Wednesday 11.12.2019 18.00 Free Admission Espoo Cultural Centre
Wednesday 11.12.2019 18.00 Free Admission Espoo Cultural Centre
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SEASON CONCERT 10

CHRISTMAS BAROQUE 1

Rachel Podger Violinist- Conductor
Wednesday 18.12.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cathedral
Francesco Maria Veracini Ouverture no. 6 in G minor Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041 Evaristo Felice Dall ‘Abaco Concerto grosso in D major op. 5 no. 6 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite no. 1 in C major BWV 1066
Wednesday 18.12.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cathedral
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Guest concert

CHRISTMAS BAROQUE 2

Rachel Podger Violin-Conductor
Thursday 19.12.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Tammisaari church, Pikku Kirkkokatu 3, 10600 Tammisaari
Francesco Maria Veracini Ouverture in G minor Johann Sebastian Bach Volin Concerto in A minor Evaristo Felice Dall ‘Abaco Concerto Grosso op. 5 no 6 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite no 1 in C major
Thursday 19.12.2019 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Tammisaari church, Pikku Kirkkokatu 3, 10600 Tammisaari
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January 2020
Season concert 1

SAINT-SAËNS

Jean-Jacques Kantorow Conductor Alexandre Kantarow Piano
Friday 10.1.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
Frank Martin Etudes for string orchestra Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no. 1 in D major op. 17 Camille Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato for piano and orchestra op. 70 Franz Schubert Symphony no. 5 in B flat major
Friday 10.1.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11€ Espoo Cultural Centre
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season concert 2

Beethoven VII

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor Petri Aarnio Violin Tuomas Lehto Cello
Friday 24.1.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo cultural centre
Alberto Ginastera Variaciones concertantes Väinö Raitio Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 7
Friday 24.1.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo cultural centre
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Chamber music

London Calling

Barokkiyhtye Clavicula: Jukka Kaukola Baroque cello Miika Uuksulainen Baroque cello and viola da gamba Jouko Laivuori Harpsichord
Sunday 26.1.2020 15.00 from 15/10/6 € Sello hall
Carl Friedrich Abel Sonata in E minor Johann Christian Bach Sonata op. 17 Giovanni Battista Cirri Sonata op. 15 no 2 Francesco Geminiani Sonata op. 5 no 5 Pieter Hellendaal Sonatas op. 5 no 1 and 2 Salvatore Lanzetti Sonata op. 1 no 9
Sunday 26.1.2020 15.00 from 15/10/6 € Sello hall
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season concert 3

ROMANTIC

Daniel Blendulf Conductor Katy Woolley Horn
Friday 31.1.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo culture centre
Thomas Ades Living Toys Richard Strauss Horn Concerto no. 1 in E flat major op. 11 Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 1 in C minor op. 68
Friday 31.1.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo culture centre
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February 2020
season concert 4

Kronberg Academy

Jonathan Bloxham Conductor Fumika Mohri Violin Timothy Ridout Viola
Friday 14.2.2020 19.00 From 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Benjamin Britten Prelude and Fugue for string orchestra op. 29 Aram Hatšaturjan Concerto-Rhapsody for violin and orchestra Bohuslav Martinů Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra Benjamin Britten Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
Friday 14.2.2020 19.00 From 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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March 2020
Matinee

Matinée 3

Pascal Rophé Conductor Carolyn Sampson Soprano Jukka Rantamäki Host
Thursday 5.3.2020 14.00 from 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Culture centre
Nicolas Bacri Symphony no. 4 Joseph Canteloube Chansons d’Auvergne
Thursday 5.3.2020 14.00 from 20 €, incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Culture centre
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Season concert 5

CARMEN

Pascal Rophé Conductor Carolyn Sampson Sopran
Friday 6.3.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
Nicolas Bacri Symphony no. 4, ‘im “Sturm und Drang” Stil’ Joseph Canteloube Chants d’Auvergne Georges Bizet / Rodion Štšedrin Carmen Suite
Friday 6.3.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural Centre
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CHAMBER MUSIC

CONTRASTS

Olli Leppäniemi Clarinet Janne Nisonen Violin Kiril Kozlovsky Piano
Sunday 15.3.2020 15.00 from 15/10/6 € SelloHhall
Aram Hatšaturjan Trio Igor Stravinsky: Soldier´s story, serie Béla Bartók Contrasts Sz. 111 Paul Schönfield Trio
Sunday 15.3.2020 15.00 from 15/10/6 € SelloHhall
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season concert 6

BEETHOVEN VIII

Klaus Mäkelä Conductor Anni Haapaniemi Oboe
Friday 27.3.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Culture centre
Jörg Widmann Con brio Friedrich Witt Symphony in C major, ‘Jena Symphony’ Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 8 in F major op. 93
Friday 27.3.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Culture centre
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April 2020
Season concert 7

Silence

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Kaspar Putniņš Conductor Erik Söderblom Director
Thursday 9.4.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural centre
Arvo Pärt Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten Arvo Pärt Ode VII from Kanon Pokajanen James MacMillan Seven Last Words from the Cross
Thursday 9.4.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Cultural centre
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Matinee

Matinee 4

Taavi Oramo Conductor Meriheini Luoto Violin Jukka Rantamäki Host
Thursday 16.4.2020 14.00 20 €,incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Culture Centre
Heta Aho Three songs to texts by Edith Södergran Meriheini Luoto, orchestrated by Kalle Vainio Metsänpeitto
Thursday 16.4.2020 14.00 20 €,incl. coffee and pastry Espoo Culture Centre
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season concert 8

Forest cover

Taavi Oramo Conductor and tenor Meriheini Luoto Violin
Friday 17.4.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Culture centre
Heta Aho Three songs to texts by Edith Södergran Juhani Nuorvala Variationes ex ‘Bene Quondam’ Meriheini Luoto, orchestrated by Kalle Vainio Metsänpeitto
Friday 17.4.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Culture centre
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chamber music

SEPTEts

Jaakko Luoma Bassoon Mervi Kinnarinen Violin Jussi Tuhkanen Viola Jukka Kaukola Cello Mikko Kujanpää Double Bass Asko Heiskanen Clarinet Tero Toivonen Natural Horn Ilkka Hongisto Natural Horn
Sunday 26.4.2020 15.00 from 15/10/6 € Sello Hall
Franz Berwald Septet in B flat Major Ludwig van Beethoven Septet in E flat Major op. 20
Sunday 26.4.2020 15.00 from 15/10/6 € Sello Hall
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special concert

MAY DAY EVE´s CONCERT

Thursday 30.4.2020 18.00 from 29/25/19 € Espoo Culture centre
Thursday 30.4.2020 18.00 from 29/25/19 € Espoo Culture centre
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May 2020
Chamber music

CHAMBER MUSIC AT CHAPELS 1

Saturday 9.5.2020 15.00 from 15 € Soukka chapel
Programme to be published on Feb 1, 2020
Saturday 9.5.2020 15.00 from 15 € Soukka chapel
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Chamber music

CHAMBER MUSIC AT CHAPELS 2

Saturday 9.5.2020 18.00 from 15 € Perkkaa Chapel
Programme to be published on Feb 1, 2020
Saturday 9.5.2020 18.00 from 15 € Perkkaa Chapel
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CHAMBER MUSIC AT CHAPELS 3

Sunday 10.5.2020 15.00 from 15 € kauklahti CHAPEL
Programme to be published on Feb 1, 2020
Sunday 10.5.2020 15.00 from 15 € kauklahti CHAPEL
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CHAMBER MUSIC AT CHAPELS 4

Sunday 10.5.2020 18.00 from 15 € Olari chapel
Programme to be published on Feb 1, 2020
Sunday 10.5.2020 18.00 from 15 € Olari chapel
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season concert 9

IM WALDE

Mario Venzago Conductor Ilya Gringolds Violin
Thursday 14.5.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Culture centre
Franz Liszt Symphonic Poem no. 13 “From the Cradle to the Grave” Franz Schubert Konzertstück for violin and orchestra in D major D. 345 Franz Schubert Rondo for violin and strings in A major D. 438 Franz Schubert Polonaise for violin and orchestra in B flat major D. 580 Joachim Raff Symphony no. 3 in F major op. 153, ‘Im Walde’
Thursday 14.5.2020 19.00 from 25/19/11 € Espoo Culture centre
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