Monday 21.7.
Monday 21.7.2025
10.00 Salakamari
The Heart of the Day – artistic directors Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen talk about the second week's program (in Finnish).
Monday 21.7.2025
32. 11.00 Kuhmo Church — €27/21
HANDEL OF SWEDEN & HAYDN OF FINLAND – SVENSKA HÄNDEL, FINSKA HAYDN – RUOTSIN HÄNDEL, SUOMEN HAYDN
Johan Helmich Roman (1694—1758):
Trio Sonata in F sharp minor, BeRi 109
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685—1759):
Trio Sonata in A, Op. 5 No. 1 (1739)
Erik Tulindberg (1761—1814):
String Quartet No. 4 in G, Op. 2 No. 1 (reconstruction Anssi Mattila)
Monday 21.7.2025
33. 15.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €27/21
SEQUELS – FÖLJETONG – JATKOTARINOITA
Improvisation
Monday 21.7.2025
34. 18.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €33/25
NORDIC SUPERSTARS – NORDENS STJÄRNOR – POHJOLAN TÄHTIÄ
Carl Nielsen (1865—1931):
Two Fantasy Pieces, Op. 2 for oboe and piano (1889)
The violinist and composer Agnes Tschetschulin, star pupil of the Helsinki Music Institute
(later, the Sibelius Academy), continued her studies in Berlin under the tutelage of Joseph
Joachim, who was himself one of the most acclaimed virtuoso violinists of the 19th
century and a close friend of Johannes Brahms. Tschetschulin had a successful career as
a soloist and chamber musician in Central Europe before moving to Great Britain, where
she became professor of the violin at the prestigious Cheltenham Ladies’ College. She
continued performing and composing until the end of her life. The Tschetschulin family
were staunch supporters of women’s equality. Indeed, Agnes’s older sister Maria was the
first woman to graduate from high school in the Nordic countries.
Agnes Tschetschulin (1859—1942):
Berceuse for violin and piano (1888)
Jean Sibelius (1865—1957):
Souvenir, Op. 79 No. 1 from Six Pieces for violin and piano (1915–17)
The Norwegian Ole Bull was, without a doubt, the greatest violin virtuoso of his time in
the Nordic countries and a rather peculiar character in general. He played a violin with
a specially shaped bridge, designed for the unique effects he invented. He celebrated his
66th birthday by climbing to the top of the Pyramid of Cheops. His success also brought
great wealth, which allowed Bull to purchase land in North America, where he founded the
Oleana colony in Pennsylvania. He supported the young Edvard Grieg and encouraged him
to explore and incorporate local Norwegian folk melodies into his musical idiom.
In 1838, Ole Bull gave a highly acclaimed concert in Helsinki, and his visit sparked a real
violin craze among young people in the city. The Finnish poet Zacharias Topelius was in the
audience with his fellow students, and there are several entries about the experience in his diaries.
Ole Bull (1810—1880):
Polacca Guerriera for violin and piano (1835, rev. 1864)
Intermission
Franz Berwald (1796—1868):
Septet in B flat for clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1828)
THIS CONCERT’S FRIEND IS THE CITY OF KUHMO.
Monday 21.7.2025
35. 21.00 Kuhmo Church — €27/21
DUSK – AFTON – EHTOO
Trad.
Se solen sjunker (See the Sun Setting, Swedish folk song) (arr. Isak Albert Berg)
- Jakob Bloch Jespersen
- Stephanie Tang