Programme

Sunday 20.7.2025

10.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre/Cafeteria Juttua

The Heart of the Day – Minna Lindgren talks about the Festival's program (in English).

Minna Lindgren

Sunday 20.7.2025

28. 11.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €33/25

TIME TRAVEL I – TIDSRESA I – AIKAMATKA I – KUHMO FESTIVAL 40 YEARS AGO

Robert Schumann (1810—1856):

Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 for violin and piano (1851)

Igor Stravinsky (1882—1971):

Suite from l'Histoire du Soldat (1918–19, arr. for clarinet, violin and piano by the composer)

Intermission

Alexander Glazunov (1865—1936):

String Quintet in A, Op. 39 (1892)

WEEKLY SEASON TICKET I ENDS/WEEKLY SEASON TICKET II BEGINS. (Concerts 1
and 47 are not included in the weekly season tickets.)

Sunday 20.7.2025

29. 15.00 Kuhmo Church — €27/21

SAVE THE BIRDS – FÅGELSÅNG – LINTUKOTO

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872—1958):

Lark Ascending (1914, arr. for flute and string quintet by Martin Gerigk 2013)

Kimmo Hakola (1958—):

Wood Warbler from Two Imaginary Birds, Op. 114 for coloratura soprano and cello (2023)

Piia Komsi

Andrea Tarrodi (1981—):

Piano Trio No. 1 'Akacia' (2009)

Paddington Trio

Joseph Haydn (1732—1809):

String Quartet No. 53 in D, Op. 64 No. 5 'Lark' (1790)

Sunday 20.7.2025

30. 18.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €33/25

PEACE PRIZE – FREDSPRIS – RAUHANPALKINTO

Several wars had an impact on Einar Englund’s life. His family fled the war from Oulu to
Sweden in 1916, the Winter War interrupted his music studies and took his brother to the
grave, and the Continuation War sent him to the front where he was injured, dashing his
hopes of a career as a pianist. It was only after this that his journey as a composer began.

Einar Englund (1916—1999):

Sonata for violin and piano (1979)

As Europe plunged towards the Great War, Ravel worked feverishly on his Piano Trio, which
he wanted to complete before joining the military; he was too old and short for the air
force, so he became an ambulance driver instead.

Maurice Ravel (1875—1937):

Piano Trio in A minor (1914)