Monday 20.7.
Monday 20.7.2026
10.00 Salakamari
The Heart of the Day - In conversation with today’s featured composer, Cecilia Damström (this session will in Finnish, admission free)
Monday 20.7.2026
34. 11.00 Kuhmo Church — €28/21
Something old, something new, sometihing borrowed, something blue
Western art music is so full of borrowings and quotations from other cultures that these days we barely notice it at all. Debussy took inspiration from exotic sources in his own music without giving it a second thought, as did Rameau in his opera Les Indes galantes, a cavalcade of indigenous peoples and customs (and where the hero of the story is in fact a heroine – who would have thought?!) The early 20th century – and particularly the post-war period – was a time of vibrant cultural ‘cross-contamination’, as it were, during which each new interaction with distant cultures, each new flavour, was in itself an invitation to set off on the adventures that people longed for.
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683—1764):
Suite from the Opera Les Indes galantes
Caroline Shaw (1982—):
Blueprint for string quartet (2016)
”Blueprint is a conversation — with Beethoven, with Haydn (his teacher and the "father" of the string quartet), and with the joys and malinconia of his Op. 18 No. 6.”
Caroline Shaw
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827):
String Quartet No. 6 in B flat, Op. 18 No. 6 'Malinconia' (1798–1800)
Monday 20.7.2026
35. 15.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €28/21
Wild City - Oulu2026
CITYSCAPES
Parisian Contrasts:
Maurice Ravel (1875—1937):
Allegro from Sonata for violin and cello (1920–22)
Feverish New York:
George Gershwin (1898—1937):
Rhapsody in Blue for two pianos (1924)
International Kuhmo:
Cecilia Damström (1988—):
Wind Quintet 'Raakku' (2026, commissioned by Kuhmo Chamber Music, premiere)
THE COMPOSITION AND ITS WORLD PREMIERE ARE PART OF THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE YEAR CELEBRATIONS. THEY ARE PART OF THE Oulu2026 THEME "WILD CITY".
Les cafés de Paris:
Jean Françaix (1912—1997):
L'Heure du Berger for wind quintet and piano (1947)
Monday 20.7.2026
36. 18.00 Kuhmo Arts Centre — €33/25
Birthday presents
A fanfare dedicated to the City of Kuhmo
Outi Tarkiainen (1985—):
Woodland Fanfares for clarinet, cello and piano (2021)
Claus-Dieter Ludwig (1952—):
Happy Birthday, A Birthday Serenade for violin and piano (1997)
Composed for the 100th anniversary of Alban Berg’s birth
Alfred Schnittke (1934—1998):
Moderato from String Trio (1985)
From Felix to his sister Fanny
Felix Mendelssohn (1809—1847):
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 (1845)
Interval
Composed for Steven Isserlis on the occasion of his 60th birthday
Olli Mustonen (1967—):
Ilosoitto for violin and piano (2018)
Composed for his newly wed wife Clara as a 23rd birthday present. The parcel contained this and two other string quartets.
Robert Schumann (1810—1856):
String Quartet No. 3 in A, Op. 41 No. 3 (1842)
THIS CONCERT'S FRIEND IS THE CITY OF KUHMO. THIS CONCERT IS PART OF THE CITY’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS.
Monday 20.7.2026
37. 21.00 Kuhmo Church — €28/21
Winterreise
Franz Schubert (1797—1828):
Winterreise (Winter Journey), D. 911 (1827, lyrics: Wilhelm Müller)
THIS CONCERT IS SUPPORTED BY HELENA RANTA.