Petteri Pitko

Andreas Knapp

Petteri Pitko

Harpsichordist Petteri Pitko frequently gives concerts as a soloist and chamber musician and plays in the Finnish Baroque Orchestra. His diverse repertoire ranges from early Baroque to first performances of new works. He is artistic designer of the Finnish Baroque Orchestra and a lecturer in ancient music at the Novia University of Applied Sciences in Pietarsaari. Pitko has performed as soloist with the Tapiola Sinfonietta and the Central Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and has played chamber music at numerous music festivals in Finland, in different parts of Europe, including the Canary Islands, in China and in South Korea. He has also worked with such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble Resonanz under the direction of Simon Rattle, Peter Rundel, Beat Furrer, Susanna Mälkki and Hannu Lintu. Pitko studied the harpsichord at the Sibelius Academy, the Berlin University of the Arts, and in Paris, his main teachers being Mitzi Meyerson and Huguette Dreyfus.

Programme

Sun
14.7.
1. Lentiira Church 15.00

Georg Friedrich Handel (1685—1759):

Overture from Ode Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 (1736, arr. for organ)

Sun
14.7.
1. Lentiira Church 15.00

Georg Friedrich Handel (1685—1759):

Organ Concerto in B flat, Op. 4 No. 6 (1738)

Sun
14.7.
2. Kuhmo Arts Centre 19.00

Isabella Leonarda (1620—1704):

Sonata No. 12, Op. 16 for violin and basso continuo (1683)

Sun
14.7.
2. Kuhmo Arts Centre 19.00

J. S. Bach (1685—1750):

First movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 (1718)

Sun
14.7.
2. Kuhmo Arts Centre 19.00

Anders Hillborg (1954):

Second movement for J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 'Very Tender' (2017)

Sun
14.7.
2. Kuhmo Arts Centre 19.00

J. S. Bach (1685—1750):

Third movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 (1718)

Mon
15.7.
3. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Hymn 263 – Vuorella Kristus kirkastui (Christ transfigured upon the mount Tabor) (audience and artists)

Mon
15.7.
3. Kuhmo Church 11.00

J. S. Bach (1685—1750):

Allemande, Courante, Sarabande and Gigue from French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV 816 (ca. 1772)

Mon
15.7.
4. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Johann Schmelzer (1623—1680):

Sonata in A minor for violin and harpsichord 'Cucù'

Tue
16.7.
7. Kuhmo Church 11.00

J. S. Bach (1685—1750):

Choral 'Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten', BWV 691 (1720)

Tue
16.7.
7. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Arvo Pärt (1935):

Trivium for organ (1976)

Wed
17.7.
11. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Taneli Kuusisto (1905—1988):

Suomalainen rukous (Finnish Prayer), Op. 27 No. 2 'Siunaa ja varjele meitä' (1939, lyrics: Uuno Kailas)

Wed
17.7.
14. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Bohuslav Martinů (1890—1959):

Promenades, H. 274 for flute, violin and harpsichord (1939)

Thu
18.7.
19. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683—1764):

Sarabande from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (ca. 1728)

Thu
18.7.
19. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Claude Debussy (1862—1918):

Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children's Corner (1906–08)

Thu
18.7.
19. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

François Couperin (1668—1733):

L'Amphibie from Pièces de clavecin, quatrième livre (1730)

Fri
19.7.
20. Kuhmo Church 11.00

J. S. Bach (1685—1750):

Sonata No. 2 in D, BWV 1028 for viola da gamba and harpsichord (1740)

Fri
19.7.
20. Kuhmo Church 11.00

J. S. Bach (1685—1750):

Sonata No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029 for viola da gamba and harpsichord (1740)

Sat
20.7.
28. Kuhmo Church 21.00

Jean Sibelius (1865—1957):

Illalle (To Evening), Op. 17 No. 6 from Seven songs (1898, lyrics: A. V. Forsman-Koskimies)