The Kymi Sinfonietta begins its autumn season with a programme steeped in nostalgia, of standards deeply etched on the Finnish mindscape. Almost part of the national heritage, they are fertile ground for the interplay of different genres and for the magnificent arrangements of Marzi Nyman and Mikko Hassinen. In the process, many of the old […]
The Kymi Sinfonietta welcomes German conductor Jascha von der Goltz, who gained widespread international attention on winning the first prize in the International Panula Conducting Competition in 2021. At the heart of the concert is one of the most challenging, intense works in all cello literature, the first cello concerto by Dmitri Shostakovich. The soloist […]
The Kymi Sinfonietta welcomes German conductor Jascha von der Goltz, who gained widespread international attention on winning the first prize in the International Panula Conducting Competition in 2021. At the heart of the concert is one of the most challenging, intense works in all cello literature, the first cello concerto by Dmitri Shostakovich. The soloist […]
Interview with the evening’s artists
For this concert we are honoured to welcome one of Finland’s most celebrated conductors, Osmo Vänskä, bringing with him three works full of light and joy. The other eagerly-awaited artists at this concert are pianist Juho Pohjonen, and the leader of the Minnesota Orchestra, Erin Keefe, to play the Mendelssohn double concerto for violin and […]
Interview with the evening’s artists
For this concert we are honoured to welcome one of Finland’s most celebrated conductors, Osmo Vänskä, bringing with him three works full of light and joy. The other eagerly-awaited artists at this concert are pianist Juho Pohjonen, and the leader of the Minnesota Orchestra, Erin Keefe, to play the Mendelssohn double concerto for violin and […]
Works by the early Classical era feature far less often in the repertoire of the orchestral giants than those by Mozart or Haydn. Tonight is therefore a major exception, focusing as it does on compositions by two of the great Johann Sebastian’s sons: Carl Philipp Emanuel and Wilhelm Friedemann. The programme also includes a Fantasia […]
The wild north and gold rush in silent movies Silent-movie historian Kari Glödstaf
The Kymi Sinfonietta’s ultra-popular series of movie concerts continues with the evergreen Chaplin classic The Gold Rush, with a live accompaniment to the original silent movie of 1925. Chaplin composed the score in 1942, and it has since been arranged for live performances of the 1925 version by Timothy Brock. Based on the plot of […]
The wild north and gold rush in silent movies Silent-movie historian Kari Glödstaf
The Kymi Sinfonietta’s ultra-popular series of movie concerts continues with the evergreen Chaplin classic The Gold Rush, with a live accompaniment to the original silent movie of 1925. Chaplin composed the score in 1942, and it has since been arranged for live performances of the 1925 version by Timothy Brock. Based on the plot of […]
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