2003 Sibelius's music for the stage

4th – 7th September 2003
Sibelius Hall
Sibelius's music for the stage
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Thu 4th September 7 p.m.
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Laura Nykänen, mezzo-soprano
Jyrki Anttila, tenor
Jaakko Kortekangas, baritone
Dominante Choir

Karelia Overture
The Maiden in the Tower (1896)
King Cristian II

Fri 5th September 7 p.m.
Laura Nykänen, mezzo-soprano
Petri Lehto, tenor
Jaakko Kortekangas, baritone
Dominante Choir
Lasse Pöysti, narrator

Snöfrid,
Music to the play Kuolema
The Wood-Nymph melodrama
Everyman

Sat 6th September 5 p.m.
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Laura Nykänen, mezzo-soprano
Anssi Hirvonen, tenor
Jaakko Kortekangas, baritone
Dominante Choir

Cassazione
Cortège
The Tempest

Luonnotar 2003 – Prizegiving Ceremony
in collaboration with the Wood in Culture Association

Chamber Music Concerts:

Sat 6th September 1p.m.,
Kalevi Aho –Hall, Lahti Music Institute

Sibelius's Piano Music
Folke Gräsbeck, piano

Con moto, sempre una corda
Au crépuscule (At Twilight) 
[Three Short Pieces] (1888)
Andante in H major
Allegretto in B flat minor
Allegro in F minor
Florestan, suite for Piano
[Sonata Allegro in E major]
Scerzo in F sharp minor
Piano Sonata in  F major
Skogsrået (The Wood-Nymph)
Caprizzio
Menuetto in B flat major
Caprice, Op. 24 No. 3, world première performance

Sun 7th September 11a.m., Sibelius Hall
Sibelius on a Sunday Morning
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Marko Ylönen, cello
Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Peter Lönnqvist, piano
Lasse Pöysti, narrator

Ljunga Wirginia
Piano Trio in D major 'Korpo'
Svartsjukans nätter – Nights of Jealousy

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