Thu 05.10. at 18.00 Sibelius Hall
PAULO CELLO COMPETITION SEMI-FINAL CONCERT
Petri Komulainen, conductor
Paulo Cello Competition semi-finalists
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto
Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Fri 06.10. at 18.00 Sibelius Hall
PAULO CELLO COMPETITION SEMI-FINAL CONCERT
Petri Komulainen, conductor
Paulo Cello Competition semi-finalists
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto
Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Thu 12.10. at 19.00 Sibelius Hall
ITALIANI
Nil Venditti, conductor
Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
Gaetano Donizetti: Overture to the opera Don Pasquale
Italian Opera Arias
Lara Poe: Song Cycle to poems by L. Onerva (co-commission by the Lahti and Oulu Symphony Orchestras)
Giacomo Puccini: Preludio Sinfonico
Alfredo Casella: Concerto for orchestra
Thu 19.10. at 19.00 Sibelius Hall
ELEGANCE PAR EXCELLENCE
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Olivier Messiaen: Les Offrandes oubliées
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major
Thu 02.11. at 19.00 Sibelius Hall
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Peter Lieberson: Drala
Einar Englund: Piano Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Thu 09.11. at 19.00 Sibelius Hall
RETURN TO PARADISE
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Johan Dalene, violin
Aurora Marthens, soprano
Andrea Tarrodi: Birds of Paradise II
Tebogo Monnakgotla: Violin Concerto (first Finnish performance)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 4
Thu 16.11. at 19.00 Sibelius Hall
FOCUS: JAAKKO KUUSISTO
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Elina Vähälä, violin
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Max Reger): O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross
Jaakko Kuusisto: Violin Concerto
Jaakko Kuusisto: Symphony
Thu 23.11. at 19.00 Sibelius Hall
SAMULI EDELMANN & SINFONIA LAHTI – VAIHEET
Samuli Edelmann, vocals
Jukka Perko, saxophone
Leri Leskinen, keyboard and electronics
Matti Paatelma, piano
Thu 30.11. at 19.00 Sibelius Hall
BRASS WITH BRAWN
Gemma New, conductor
Lahti Symphony Orchestra Horn Ensemble
Jessie Montgomery: Strum
Robert Schumann: Konzertstück for four horns
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
Wed 06.12. at 15.00 Sibelius Hall
INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Lilja Haatainen, violin
Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Jean Sibelius: Humoresques
Helvi Leiviskä: Folk Dance Suite
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Fredrik Pacius: Maamme
Thu 18.01. at 19.00 Sibelius Hall
LONG FAREWELLS
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Bruns, tenor
Franz Schubert: Deutsche Tänze
Alexander von Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
