Thursday 24.7.

Thursday 24.7.2025

10.00 Salakamari

The Heart of the Day – Minna Lindgren delves into the works in the upcoming concerts (in Finnish).

Thursday 24.7.2025

44. 11.00 Kuhmo Church — €27/21

FOLLIA <3 FOLK – FOLK FÖLJER FOLLIA – FOLLIAA & FOLKKIA

Seppo Pohjola (1965—):

Piano Quintet (2019)

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Lampaanpolska (Lamb Polska)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678—1741):

Trio Sonata in D minor, Op. 1/12 'La follia' (1705)

Josefine Opsahl (1992—):

Orbiting Jewels (Hymn for Peace) from Maniai (2024)

Amanda Maier-Röntgen (1853—1894):

Swedish Airs and Dances, Op. 6 Nos. 4 and 6 for violin and piano (1882)

Thursday 24.7.2025

12.30 Tuupala Primary School

Student Concert

Oskar Rieding (1846—1916):

Allegro moderato from Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 35 (1909)

Henry Vieuxtemps (1835—1880):

Allegro non troppo from Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37 (1858–1859)

Jean Sibelius (1865—1957):

Cantique (Laetare anima mea) from Two Serious Melodies, Op. 77 (1914)

Francis Poulenc (1899—1963):

Sonata, FP 164 for flute and piano (1957)

  • Tiitta Moilanen
  • Siiri Ylijoki

Constantin Silvestri (1913—1969):

Bacchanale from Suite No. 3, Op. 6 (1933)

  • Denisa Irina Pirvulescu

Henry Wieniawski (1835—1880):

Allegro moderato from Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 (1862)

Thursday 24.7.2025

45. 15.00 Tuupala Primary School — €27/21

ME SOM ROM – I WAS BORN A ROMANI – TILL ROM ÄR JAG FÖDD – ROMANIKSI OLEN SYNTYNYT

The Romani are among the oldest cultural minorities in the Nordic countries.

Antonín Dvořák (1841—1904):

Má píseň zas mi láskou zní (My song rings out with love again), Op. 55 No. 1 from Gypsy Songs (1880)

Antonín Dvořák (1841—1904):

Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj (Hey, how my triangle), Op. 55 No. 2 from Gypsy Songs (1880)

Antonín Dvořák (1841—1904):

Když mne stará matka (Songs my mother taught me), Op. 55 No. 4 from Gypsy Songs (1880)

Antonín Dvořák (1841—1904):

Široké rukávy (Flowing sleeves and trousers), Op. 55 No. 6 from Gypsy Songs (1880)

Antonín Dvořák (1841—1904):

Dejte klec jestřábu (Give the hawk a cage), Op. 55 No. 7 from Gypsy Songs (1880)

Alexander Glazunov (1865—1936):

Orientale (arr. Mikhail Erdenko)

Pablo de Sarasate (1844—1908):

Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op. 20 for violin and piano (1878)

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Romance et Doina

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Modova et Doina

Grigoras Dinicu (1889—1949):

Căruţa poştei (The Post Wagon)

Thursday 24.7.2025

46. 18.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €33/25

TIME TRAVEL II – TIDSRESA II – AIKAMATKA II – KUHMO FESTIVAL 50 YEARS AGO

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827):

Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69 for piano and cello (1808)

Franz Schubert (1797—1828):

Sonata in A minor, D. 821 for cello and piano 'Arpeggione' (1824)

Intermission

Claude Debussy (1862—1918):

Sonata for cello and piano (1915)

Richard Strauss (1864—1949):

Sonata in F, Op. 6 for cello and piano (1880–83)

Thursday 24.7.2025

47. 18.00 Sotkamo Church — €27/21 **

EARCANDY FROM KUHMO – ÖRÖNGODIS FRÅN KUHMO – KORVAKARKKIA KUHMOSTA

Ristijärventie 1, 88600 Sotkamo (driving time from the centre of Kuhmo approx. 45 min)

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

Larghetto - Allegro from String Quintet No. 5 in D, K. 593 (1790)

Jean Sibelius (1865—1957):

Water Droplets for violin and cello (1875)

Toivo Kuula (1883—1918):

Three South Ostrobothnia Dances, Op. 17a (1908, arr. for violin and cello by Minna Pensola)

Claude Debussy (1862—1918):

Assez vif et bien rythmé from String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 10 (1893)

Amanda Maier-Röntgen (1853—1894):

Allegro ma non troppo - Trio from String Quartet in A (c. 1870–80)

Joseph Haydn (1732—1809):

Finale from String Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64 No. 2 (1790)

The concert will be hosted by Antti Tikkanen.


THIS CONCERT IS COOPERATION WITH OSUUSKAUPPA MAAKUNTA AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF SOTKAMO.

 

Dinner will be available before and after the concert at Break Sokos Hotel
Vuokatti Restaurants (Kidekuja 2). Information and table reservations:
raflaamo.fi/fi/sotkamo.

Thursday 24.7.2025

48. 21.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €27/21

THE BALTIC SEA – ÖSTERSJÖN – ITÄMERI

“How can a country with the happiest people and the cleanest air on earth have such a polluted sea?”

The John Nurminen Foundation

Edvard Grieg (1843—1907):

Matrosernes Opsang (Sailors' Song), Op. 68 No. 1 from Lyric Pieces for piano (1898)

Sebastian Fagerlund (1972—):

Oceano for violin, viola and cello (2011)

Claude Debussy (1862—1918):

La mer (1905, arr. for piano trio by Sally Beamish 2013)