New Helsinki Quartet

New Helsinki Quartet

Petri Aarnio, violin Taija Angervo, violin Ilari Angervo, viola Tuomas Lehto, cello The New Helsinki Quartet got started in 1982, and two years later they won two quartet competitions. In 1994, the group came second in the London International String Quartet Competition and in 1997 they were awarded the Nuori Suomi (’Young Finland’) prize. Their success at venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall and at numerous festivals has established their status in the world of music. Regular tours have taken them to such countries as Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece, Germany, UK, Japan, the USA, Australia and Israel. In the 2012–2013 season the quartet celebrated its 30th anniversary playing all the Beethoven quartets in Lahti, Tampere and Helsinki. The New Helsinki Quartet have had many outstanding teachers, including Risto Fredriksson, Eli Goren and Peter Csaba. They have also studied with the Amadeus, Takács, Chillingrian and Britten Quartets.

Programme

Tuomas Lehto

Mon
13.7.
5. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Kaija Saariaho (1952—2023):

Sept papillons for cello (2000)

Mon
13.7.
6. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Johann Strauss II (1825—1899):

Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (1869, arr. for salon ensemble by Alban Berg, 1921)

Mon
13.7.
6. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Antonio Vivaldi (1678—1741):

Violin Concerto in F, Op. 8 No. 3 'Autumn' (1723)

Tue
14.7.
8. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Gioacchino Rossini (1792—1868):

String Sonata No. 3 in C for two violins, cello and double bass (ca. 1804)

Wed
15.7.
12. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Jouni Kaipainen (1956—2015):

Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 102 '…The Pike Rose to the Spruce's Crone…' (2014)

Sun
19.7.
31. Kuhmo Arts Centre 15.00

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660—1725):

Christmas Cantata (1695, lyrics: Antonio Ottoboni)

Sun
19.7.
31. Kuhmo Arts Centre 15.00

Jouni Kaipainen (1956—2015):

Luminoso, Op. 79 for clarinet and piano trio (2006)

Sun
19.7.
33. Kuhmo Church 20.00

Armas Järnefelt (1869—1958):

Berceuse (1904, transcription for cello and piano)

Modulor-kvartetti

Wed
15.7.
11. Kuhmo Church 11.00

György Kurtág (1926):

Hommage à Mihály András, 12 Microludes, Op. 13 for string quartet (1977)

Wed
15.7.
13. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

George Crumb (1929—2022):

Black Angels for electric string quartet (1970)

Thu
23.7.
48. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Benjamin Britten (1913—1976):

String Quartet No. 2 in C, Op. 36 (1945)

Thu
23.7.
48. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Johannes Brahms (1833—1897):

String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 111 (1890)

Fri
24.7.
57. Chapel 21.00

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

String Quartet No. 19 in C, K. 465 'Dissonance' (1785)