Jani Pensola
Jani Pensola, also known as the ‘Funky Finn’, is equally at home in the fields of classical, jazz and tango. The double bass has taken Jani to almost every corner of the world, ending up in London.
Jani has already achieved a prodigious reputation being a member the LSO Double Bass section as well as delving deeper into the mysteries of solo double bass, contemporary and chamber music.
When Jani is not spending time with the bass, you might find him experimenting in South London’s curry houses with the hope of an extreme dining experience, and he is also English enough to understand what good bitter means every now and then.
Programme
21.7.
Franz Berwald (1796—1868):
Septet in B flat for clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1828)
22.7.
J. S. Bach (1685—1750):
Cantata 'Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht', BWV 211 'Coffee Cantata' (1734, lyrics: Christian Friedrich Henrici)
- Else Torp
- Paul Bentley-Angell
- Jakob Bloch Jespersen
- Kaisa Kortelainen
- Anna Gebert
- Kreeta-Maria Kentala
- Barbora Hilpo
- Jussi Seppänen
- Jani Pensola
- Marianna Henriksson
23.7.
Seppo Kantonen (1963):
Nordic Utopia, Suite of Miniatures for violin and double bass (2025, premier)
25.7.
Andrea Clearfield (1960):
Three Songs for violin and double bass (after poems by Pablo Neruda)
25.7.
Bob Dylan (1941):
Knockin' On Heaven's Door (1973, instrumentation Minna Pensola)