Programme

Wednesday 23.7.2025

10.00 Salakamari

The Heart of the Day – Junio Kimanen and students of the music courses (in English)

Junio Kimanen
Students of the Music Courses

Wednesday 23.7.2025

40. 11.00 Kuhmo Church — €27/21

NORDIC VISIONS – NORDISKA VISIONER – POHJOISIA NÄKYJÄ

Edvard Grieg (1843—1907):

Morgenstemning (Morning Mood), Op. 46 No. 1 from Peer Gynt Suite (1874–75, arr. for piano by composer)

Stephanie Tang

Armas Järnefelt (1869—1958):

Pääskylle (To a Swallow) (1895, lyrics: Jooseppi Mustakallio)

Armas Järnefelt (1869—1958):

Leivo (The Lark) (1920, lyrics: Aleksanteri Rahkonen)

Carl Nielsen (1865—1931):

The Children are playing from Moderen (Mother), Op. 41 for flute

Kaisa Kortelainen

Carl Nielsen (1865—1931):

Faith and Hope are playing from Moderen (Mother), Op. 41 for flute and viola

Carl Nielsen (1865—1931):

The Fog is lifting from Moderen (Mother), Op. 41 for flute, viola and cello

Seppo Kantonen (1963—):

Nordic Utopia, Suite of Miniatures for violin and double bass (2025, premier)

Amanda Maier-Röntgen (1853—1894):

String Quartet in A (c. 1870–80)

Affinity Quartet

Wednesday 23.7.2025

12.30 Tuupala Primary School

Student Concert

Students of the Music Courses

Wednesday 23.7.2025

41. 15.00 Tuupala Primary School — €27/21

LOST & FOUND – HITTEGODS – LÖYTÖTAVAROITA

A lost Serenade by the teenage Mozart was recently discovered in the archives of a Leipzig library and published only last year...

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

Serenade in C, K. 648 for string trio 'Ganz kleine Nachtmusik' (1766–69 ca.)

To everyone’s great surprise, this waltz by Chopin, dating from the early 1830s, was discovered last year during archival work at a New York library.

Frédéric Chopin (1810—1849):

Waltz in A minor for piano (1824–49 ca.)

Irina Zahharenkova

The story goes that the Swedish composer Ture Rangström gave Sibelius the poem ‘En glad musikant’ (‘A Happy Musician’) on the occasion of his birthday. As a reciprocal gesture to his friend, Sibelius spontaneously composed a work for solo violin based on the poem. To this day, the only copy of the work is Sibelius’s original hand-written manuscript.

En glad musikant

En rask musikant, en glad musikant har lyckan i följe på

färden! Låt vägen bli brant och pungen få hål har hans

hjärta ett mål, blir hans vilja till stål, och toner i hjärtat

och vilje af stål är hälften af lyckan i världen.

Ty lyckan är inte ett dignande bord och en prunkande

penningekista. Lyckan är kraften i toner och ord och

spelmans fröjd till det sista.

En glad musikant, en rask musikant, han byter mot intet

i världen! Står ödet på kant, bor sång i hans bröst och

hans spelande röst sjunger levande tröst till hjärtan som

tveka och blödande bröst. Det är spelmannens lycka på

färden.

Ture Rangström

Jean Sibelius (1865—1957):

En glad musikant (a Happy Musician), JS 70 for violin (1924–25)

Minna Pensola

Peasant Baroque from the Sheet Music Library of Ostrobothnia Coast (arr. Antti Järvelä)

Wiljami Anttikainen (alias Vladimir Mendelssohn) (1949—2021):

Lupine for Antti and Minna, composed on a napkin at a pizzeria in Cividale 2017

Edvard Grieg began composing his Piano Trio in 1878. He completed the first movement, but the remaining movements were never written, and the stand-alone first movement was only published a century after it was composed.

Edvard Grieg (1843—1907):

Andante con moto in C minor, EG 116 for piano trio (1878)

Paddington Trio

Wednesday 23.7.2025

42. 18.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €33/25

HOT SPOT II – TREFFPUNKT II – KOHTAAMISIA II: PARIS

The vibrant city on the banks of the Seine has always been an important meeting place
and source of inspiration for many Nordic artists. Our own world-renowned soprano Aino
Ackté recorded Pai, pai, paitaressu in Paris in 1902.

Oskar Merikanto (1868—1924):

Pai, pai, paitaressu (Berceuse Finlandaise), Op. 2 No. 1 (1887, lyrics: Jooseppi Mustakallio)

Cécile Chaminade (1857—1944):

Concertino in D, Op. 107 for flute and piano (1902)

In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the French army, became the target of an
antisemitic conspiracy; he was falsely convicted of treason and was handed a life sentence.
In 1899, the truth came to light, and Edvard Grieg cancelled important performances in
what he called ‘shameful France.’ A Frankfurt newspaper published Grieg’s candid letter to
the French concert organisers. The publication caused a scandal in Paris and led to death
threats against Grieg, who no longer dared consider returning to the country. Years later,
when the conductor of the Colonne Orchestra persuaded the composer to perform in Paris
once again, Grieg discovered that the dust had not settled, and for safety reasons, he had to
move around with a police escort.

Edvard Grieg (1843—1907):

Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45 for violin and piano (1887)

Intermission

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697—1764):

Overture in A, Op. 13 No. 3 for two violins and continuo (1753)