Wednesday 15.7.

Wednesday 15.7.2026

10.00 Salakamari

The Heart of the Day - Soprano Helena Juntunen (this session will in Finnish, admission free)

Wednesday 15.7.2026

11. 11.00 Kuhmo Church — €28/21

Jubilee

In 2026, we celebrate 270 years since Mozart’s birth…

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

Piano Trio in E, K. 542 (1788)

…Kurtág’s 100th birthday...

György Kurtág (1926—):

Officium Breve in memoriam Andrae Szervánzky, Op. 28 for string quartet (1988–89)

… 100 years since the death of Eino Leino...

Toivo Kuula (1883—1918):

Tuijotin tulehen kauan (Long gazed I into the Fire), Op. 2 No. 2 (1904–07, lyrics: Eino Leino)

Leevi Madetoja (1887—1947):

Serenade, Op. 16 No. 1 (lyrics: Eino Leino)

Oskar Merikanto (1868—1924):

Omenankukat (Apple Blossoms), Op. 53 No. 1 (1905, lyrics: Eino Leino)

...and 250 since the American Declaration of Independence.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829—1869):

Paraphrase on National Airs, Op. 48 for piano 'Union' (1862)

Wednesday 15.7.2026

12.30 Tuupala Primary School

Student concert

J. S. Bach (1685—1750):

Courante from Solo Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007 (1717–23)

  • Olli Jaakonsaari

Otso Kallio (2008—):

Toccata from Suite for solo piano (2024)

  • Otso Kallio

Johannes Brahms (1833—1897):

Allegro non troppo from Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 (1862–65)

  • Jaakko Pirkola
  • Otso Kallio

César Franck (1822—1890):

Allegretto ben moderato from Cello Sonata in A (1886)

Jean Sibelius (1865—1957):

Souvenir from Six Pieces, Op. 79 (1915–17)

Carl Maria von Weber (1786—1826):

Andante con moto from Grand duo concertant, Op. 48 (1815-16)

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

Allegro from Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218 (1775)

Claude Debussy (1862—1918):

Violin Sonata in G minor, CD 148 (1917)

FREE ADMISSION

Wednesday 15.7.2026

12. 15.00 Tuupala Primary School — €28/21

Banquet buffet: fruits de mer

Jouni Kaipainen (1956—2015):

Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 102 '…The Pike Rose to the Spruce's Crone…' (2014)

Franz Schubert (1797—1828):

Piano Quintet in A, D. 667 'Trout' (1819)

Wednesday 15.7.2026

13. 18.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €33/25

Rituals I

John Adams (1947—):

Shaker Loops (1978, arr. for string orchestra 1982)

Igor Stravinsky (1882—1971):

Le Sacre du Printemps (the Rite of Spring) for piano four hands (1912–13)

Intermission

George Crumb (1929—2022):

Black Angels for electric string quartet (1970)

Wednesday 15.7.2026

14. 21.00 Kuhmo Church — €28/21 **

Celebration of love

Langsamer Satz – Webern’s slow movement for string quartet is an autobiographical work radiating with the joy of a young man intoxicated with love: Webern had spent Whitsun hiking with his cousin Wilhelmine Mörtl and ecstatically noted in his diary that “Two souls were united as one!”. In 1912, the young lovers were finally wed in holy matrimony.

Anton Webern (1883—1945):

Langsamer Satz for string quartet (1905)

Marguerite Monnot (1903—1961):

Hymne à l'amour (1949, lyrics: Édith Piaf)

Edward Elgar (1857—1934):

Salut d'amour, Op. 12 for violin and piano (1888)

“On the cover you must have a picture, namely a head with a pistol to it. Now you can form some conception of the music! I’ll send you my photograph for the purpose. You can use the blue coat, yellow breeches, and top-boots, since you seem to like colour-printing”, wrote Johannes Brahms to his publisher upon completion of his Piano Quartet No. 3 in an apparent reference to Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, in which a young man commits suicide because of unrequited love.

Johannes Brahms (1833—1897):

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 (1855–75)