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Sibelius i Korpo 2017

Korpo gård

The sixteenth Sibelius i Korpo festival opens today, 21 July 2017, and celebrates Finland’s centenary in programmes of chamber, vocal and choral music, predominantly by Finnish composers. Artistic director of the festival is Folke Gräsbeck.

The programmes are as follows:


Friday 21 July 2017
9 pm at Korpo gård: Late evening concert

Jean Sibelius
Piano Trio in D major, ‘Korpo’, JS 209
Andante cantabile for violin and piano, JS 33
Untitled piece in B minor for violin and piano, JS 90 (sonata allegro exposition)
Adagio in F sharp minor for cello and piano, JS 15 (1889)
Tempo di valse in F sharp minor for cello and piano, JS 194 (‘Lulu Waltz’)
Andantino in D major ‘Till Emma Kristina Marie-Louise Berndtson. Lulu’ for piano

Einojuhani Rautavaara
Notturno e Danza for violin and piano

Ernst Linko
Nocturne for cello and piano

Madoka Sato, violin
Taneli Turunen, cello
Folke Gräsbeck, piano


Saturday 22 July 2017
1 pm at the Sibelius statue: Welcome Ceremony

Welcome from Petri Kirkkomäki, director of Sibelius i Korpo

Jean Sibelius
Drömmarna, JS 64

Florakören and Brahe Djäknar conducted by Ulf Långbacka


Saturday 22 July 2017
6 pm at Korpo Kommunalgård: ‘Ögonblickets tusen årstider’

Jean Sibelius
The Village Church, Op. 103 No. 1, for piano
Morceau romantique sur un motif de M. Jakob de Julin, JS 135b, for piano

Bernhard Henrik Crusell
Vikingabalk (1826) for tenor and piano

Fredrik Pacius
Soldatgossen for tenor and piano

Karl Collan
Gamle Hurtig (1857) for tenor and piano
På Roines strand (1862) for tenor and piano

Jean Sibelius
Kullervos Wehruf from Op. 7 for tenor and piano
Jägargossen, Op. 13 No. 7, for tenor and piano
Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (first version) for tenor and piano
Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (final version) for soprano and piano
Men min fågel märks dock icke, Op. 36 No. 2, for soprano and piano
Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4, for soprano and piano

Ilkka Kuusisto
Kiurun portaat, suite for soprano and piano

Oskar Merikanto
Soipa kieli, Op. 62 No. 1, for soprano, tenor and piano
Oi, kiitos sa Luojani armollinen, Op. 62 No. 2, for soprano, tenor and piano

Bulgarian folk song, arr. Johanna Almark
Bulgarisk skärgårdsvals, for women’s choir

Martin Segerstråle
En stilla Undran, for women’s choir

arr. Hanna Kronqvist
Det brinner en eld, for women’s choir

Ilkka Aaltonen
Lasinkuultava laulu, for male voice choir

arr. John Rosas
Morgonvisa ‘Morgonen ljusnar’, for male voice choir

Fredrik Pacius
Suomis sång, for male voice choir

Evert Taube
Så skimrande var aldrig havet, for mixed choir

Jean Sibelius
Drömmarna, JS 64

Wilhelm Stenhammar
Vårnatt, Op. 30 No. 2, for mixed choir and piano

Ulf Långbacka
Ögonblickets tusen årstider,
cantata for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and piano
(world première, commissioned by the Sibelius i Korpo festival)

Turku University Students’ Choir
Florakören and Brahe Djäknar conducted by Ulf Långbacka
Mari Palo, soprano

Herman Wallén, tenor
Folke Gräsbeck, piano


Sunday 23 July 2017
2 pm at Korpo gård: ‘Sibelius and Adolf Paul’

Lecture by Prof. Fabian Dahlström


Sunday 23 July 2017
4 pm at Korpo gård: ‘Finland 100 – Jäger March 100’

Jean Sibelius
Piano Trio in A minor, ‘Hafträsk, JS 207 (first movement: world premère of definitive version)

Erkki Melartin
Kuutamo, Op. 99 No. 1, for soprano and piano
Sydänmaan lammella, Op. 20 No. 3, for soprano and piano
Vallarelåt, Op. 42 No. 1, for soprano and piano
I natt skall jag dö, Op. 117 No. 1, for soprano and piano

Jean Sibelius
Cantique, Op. 77 No. 1, for cello and piano
Vårförnimmelser, Op. 86 No. 1, for soprano and piano
Dold förening, Op. 86 No. 3, for soprano and piano
Och finns det en tanke, Op. 86 No. 4, for soprano and piano
Three Humoresques (Op. 87 No. 2; Op. 89 No. 1; Op. 89 No. 3), for violin and piano
Aquileja, Op. 85 No. 4, for piano
March of the Finnish Jäger Battalion, Op. 91a, for piano
I systrar, I bröder, I älskande par, Op. 86 No. 6, for tenor and piano
Morgonen, Op. 90 No. 3, for tenor and piano
Norden, Op. 90 No. 1, for tenor and piano
Fågelfängaren, Op. 90 No. 4, for tenor and piano
Vem styrde hit din väg? Op. 90 No. 6, for tenor and piano
Finlandia, Op. 26, for piano with tenor

Mari Palo, soprano
Herman Wallén, tenor
Madoka Sato, violin

Taneli Turunen, cello
Folke Gräsbeck, piano

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Fly Sibelius

Photo: © James Turnbull

The airline Norwegian has added Jean Sibelius to its ‘tail fin heroes’ – major cultural figures who lend their identities to the airline’s planes – to quote Norwegian, ‘personalities who have pushed the boundaries, challenged the established and inspired others’.

The figures selected come from the worlds of art, architecture, literature, music, entertainment, philosopy, science and sport, or have been pioneers in other walks of life.

Sibelius joins figures such as the poet J.L. Runeberg and the writer and activist Minna Canth to represent Finland in the airline’s ‘hall of fame’.

Sibelius himself never flew in an aeroplane, but an interest in flight manifested itself in his lifelong love for migrating birds (The Swan of Tuonela, finale of the Fifth Symphony, etc.)

Norwegian flies to Helsinki from a wide range of destinations including London Gatwick, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm.

Click here to visit Norwegian’s website
or
Click here to visit the ‘Tail Fin Heroes’ page

 

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Magazine – July 2017

Sibelius One’s July 2017 magazine is now being delivered to subscribers. Highlights of this issue include:

  • My name is Sibelius, Jean Sibelius  David Revilla Velasco
  • Aspects of Leopold Stokowski in Philadelphia  John Davis
  • ‘Now I’m off to the Kämp again’: Celebrating 130 years of Sibelius’s favourite watering hole  Andrew Barnett
  • Reputation and Art: Sibelius during the Great War Period  Guy Rickards 
  • Northern Exposure: The Symphonies of Sibelius (Part One)  Leon Chia

To subscribe to the magazine, make sure you select the ‘printed copies’ option when joining Sibelius One (just £5 for two issues).

If you would like to add the magazine to your existing subscription, or to purchase individual copies of this issue or back issues (£5 each plus postage – also available to non-members) please contact info@sibeliusone.com

Click here for a list of articles in all issues of the magazine to date.

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