OTHER CONCERTS

SPRING CONCERT IN HELSINKI
After a couple of years, Kuhmo Chamber Music is back in Helsinki for a spring concert. You are warmly welcome to enjoy chamber music at Balderin sali (Balder Hall, Aleksanterinkatu 12) on Thursday, May 28 at 18 o’clock. The concert features pianist Heini Kärkkäinen and the string quartet Meta4 with the following programme:

Lotta Wennäkoski (1970‒):
Sic (2023‒24, commissioned by Kuhmo Chamber Music)
Minna Pensola, violin
Antti Tikkanen, violin

Manuel de Falla (1876‒1946):
Siete Canciones populares Españolas (1914–1915)
El Paño Moruno
Asturiana
Canción
Polo
Nana
Jota
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello
Heini Kärkkäinen, piano

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858‒1931):
Sonata in A minor (1915)
Poco lento, maestoso – Allegro fermo
Minna Pensola, violin
Antti Tikkanen, violin

Interval

Josef Suk (18741935):
Piano Quintet G in Minor Op. 8 (1893 / 1915)
Allegro energico
Adagio religioso
Scherzo. Presto
Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Heini Kärkkäinen, piano
Meta4

Tickets can be purchased in advance from the Kuhmo office, tel. +358 40 169 6509, from the festival’s online ticket shop (https://ticket.kuhmofestival.fi/ticketkuhmofestival/) or via the lippu.fi service. In Helsinki, tickets will be sold at the venue starting one hour before the concert begins. Tickets €35/25. The concert will take place at Balderin sali (Balder Hall, Aleksanterinkatu 12).

The Kuhmo Chamber Music year-round concerts are sponsored by OP Kuhmo, OP Kainuu, OP Ylä-Kainuu and OP Paltamo.

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