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Tapiola Sinfonietta Janne Nisonen, conductor Juha Itkonen, speakerAnton Webern: Symphony op. 21 Jessie Montgomery: Records from a Vanishing City * Intermission 20 minutes * Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55 "Eroica"Author Juha Itkonen gives a pamphlet talk before each work on the programme. The talks are in Finnish.Anton Webern’s Symphony, an ultra-condensed modern classic lasting only ten minutes, paves the way for Records from a Vanishing City by acclaimed contemporary American composer Jessie Montgomery, which addresses the decline in the sense of community in music in New York City.The concluding number of the Politics festival is Beethoven’s Symphony no. 3, which the composer planned to dedicate to Napoleon. But having heard that Napoleon had declared himself Emperor, the staunchly Republican Beethoven flew into a rage and deleted Bonaparte’s name from the score, choosing instead to dedicate it “to the memory of a hero”.Live stream on Tapiola Sinfonietta´s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/live/P1N57RO_QW4 OTHER CONCERTS OF THE POLITICS FESTIVAL :10.3. 7 pm THE DICTATOR - THE TALK on dictatorship, 6 pm in Tapiola Hall. Hannu Pesonen, journalist and non-fiction author. The event is in Finnish. Free entry for concert ticket holders. - TEH INTERVIEW CA 8.45 pm in the Tapiola Hall foyer: Hannu Pesonen interviews conductor Olari Elts and pianist Alexander Melnikov. The event is in English.24.3. 7 pm CONTROL - THE TALK, 6 pm in Tapiola Hall: Laura Kolbe. professor in European history and nonfiction author: "Europe - the promised continent of creativity, civilization and culture?" The event is in Finnish. Free entry for concert ticket holders.---Tapiola Sinfonietta Kevät 2023 Subscriptions: Platinum and Gold

Tapiola Sinfonietta: OPINION season concert

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