Thursday 18.7.
Thursday 18.7.2024
10.00 Salakamari
The Heart of the Day – Osmo Tapio Räihälä introduces the Festival's program (in English).
Thursday 18.7.2024
15. 11.00 Kuhmo Church — €25/21
WONDER(FUL) CHILDREN
Everybody knows the myth and branding around Mozart the child prodigy, but far fewer people know that Lili Boulanger, Nadia Boulanger’s younger sister, was the object of similar attention and expectations before her untimely death at the age of 24. Clara Schumann performed at the Leipzig Gewandhaus at the age of nine, by which time she was already composing reams of her own music. Luckily, this meant that she was later able to support her family as her husband Robert became increasingly caught up in his own compositional frenzy. George Szell was once dubbed “the new Mozart”; he composed and toured as a soloist with numerous orchestras until his compositional creativity dried up and he turned his attention to a career as a conductor.
W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):
Sonata in B flat, K. 10 for flute and piano (1764)
Lili Boulanger (1893—1918):
D'un matin de printemps (One Spring Morning) for piano trio (1917–18)
George Szell (1897—1970):
Piano Quintet in E, Op. 2 (1911)
Thursday 18.7.2024
12.30 Tuupala Primary School
Student Concert
- Students of the Music Courses
Thursday 18.7.2024
16. 15.00 Tuupala Primary School — €25/21
AFTERNOON WITH QUARTETS
Thursday 18.7.2024
17. 18.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €30/25
CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA
This sonata, full of light and joie de vivre, came to Brahms one happy summer at his favourite retreat by the shores of Lake Thun.
Johannes Brahms (1833—1897):
Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100 for violin and piano (1886)
The composer Matthias Roth depicts what Beethoven must have felt as he gradually lost his hearing, still able to recall the sound world around him.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827):
Allegretto in B flat, WoO 39 for piano trio (1812)
Intermission
Paul Juon was born in Moscow into a family of Swiss immigrants. He received instruction in composition from Anton Arensky, then taught in Berlin for thirty years before “returning” to Switzerland. His compositions exude the colour, warmth and stylistic panache of all these cultures.
Paul Juon (1872—1940):
Piano Sextet in C minor, Op. 22 (1902)
Thursday 18.7.2024
18. 19.00 Kajaani Church — €25/21 **
Kirkkokatu 19, Kajaani (Driving time from Kuhmo approx. 1½ hours)
THE SPIRIT OF KUHMO IN KAJAANI
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895—1968):
Guitar Quintet in F, Op. 143 (1950)
Dinner will be available before and after the concert at Restaurant Sulo in Original Sokos Hotel Valjus (Kauppakatu 20). Table reservations: raflaamo.fi or sales.kajaanivuokatti@sokoshotels.fi.
THIS CONCERT IS CO-OPERATION WITH THE KAJAANI PARISH AND OSUUSKAUPPA MAAKUNTA.
Thursday 18.7.2024
19. 21.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €25/21
IN BORROWED PLUMES
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683—1764):
Allemande from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (ca. 1728)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683—1764):
Sarabande from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (ca. 1728)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683—1764):
Gavotte et six doubles from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (ca. 1728)
Claude Debussy (1862—1918):
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children's Corner (1906–08)
Claude Debussy (1862—1918):
Passepied in F sharp minor from Suite Bergamasque for piano (1905)
François Couperin (1668—1733):
Les Folies françoises, ou les Dominos from Pièces de clavecin, troisième livre (1722)
François Couperin (1668—1733):
Les Roseaux from Pièces de clavecin, troisième livre (1722)
François Couperin (1668—1733):
L'Amphibie from Pièces de clavecin, quatrième livre (1730)