Wide-ranging Repertoire in Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s and Saraste’s Concert Season 2008−2009
30/05/2008
New era will begin in Lahti Symphony Orchestra, when Jukka-Pekka Saraste joins orchestra and becomes its Artistic Advisor. Saraste has already been part of planning the programme of season 2008−2009. “Programme of concert season 2008−2009 has been a product of fluent collaboration of orchestra’s programme work group and mine”, Saraste tolds and continues: “Orchestra has come up with plenty of distinguished programme ideas and we have tried to create in good collaboration wholeness which presents widely orchestra’s possibilities.”
Of the great artists Lahti will welcome on next season is to be mentioned along with Jukka-Pekka Saraste at least conductors Mark Wigglesworth, Susanna Mälkki, Carlos Kalmar, Eri Klas and Martyn Brabbins. Of the guest soloists worth mentioning are pianists Marc-André Hamelin, Nikolai Demidenko and Ronald Brautigam, violinists Alina Pogostkina, Chloë Hanslip, Elina Vähälä and Barnabás Kelemen, clarinetist Kari Kriikku, cellist Andreas Brantelid and bass singer Matti Salminen. Symphony concerts of autumn 2008
In the end of October Jukka-Pekka Saraste’s leads orchestra to St. Petersburg, where they will have a concert at St. Petersburg State Capella on 31st of October with violinist Ilja Gringolts. On the 9th of October Finland’s clarinet-icon Kari Kriikku will perform with the orchestra after a long time. He will perform contemporary Finnish music by Jukka Tiensuu and also Klezmer-music. Music Director of Ensemble Contemporain Susanna Mälkki will be conducting Lahti Symphony Orchestra on 11th of December. In the same concert will also be performing world-class young violinist Chloë Hanslip. Symphony concerts of spring 2009
On symphonic spring term orchestra will have a visit by Marc-André Hamelin, who will perform Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto under baton by Mark Wigglesworth. The winner of International Paulo Cello Competition Andreas Brantelid will perform on 12th of February and Orchestra’s composer-in-residence Kalevi Aho will celebrate his 60th anniversary in concert on 5th of March where his Insect Symphony will be performed. Orchestra’s solo cellist Ilkka Pälli will play Dmitri Shostakovich’s 2nd Cello Concerto on 12th of March. Concert will be conducted by Vytautas Lukocius, who won the Panula Conducting Competition in 2006. Spring Festival turns its eyes on Viennese music with wide perspective on 26.-28.3.2009. Visits to Hämeenlinna’s Verkatehdas will continue
Lahti Symphony Orchestra began regular visits to Hämeenlinna in autumn of 2007 and these appearances will continue on concert season 2008−2009 with nine concerts. Concerts will include Alina Pogotskina’s visit when she will perform Mozart programme with conductor Moshe Atzmonin and Jukka-Pekka Saraste’s concert on February with Andreas Brantelid on cello. classicLive
Since autumn 2007 classicLive (www.classiclive.com) has offered symphony concerts via internet live and on-demand. Among orchestra’s are, besides Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Brussels’ Philharmonic with the Flemish Radio Choir. Lahti Symphony Orchestra will continue performing most of their concert on classicLive also on next season. As circle of orchestra’s will grow in autumn 2008, the site will have even more concerts to offer.
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