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