Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Jussi Tuhkanen, viola

George Benjamin: Concerto for orchestra
Kalevi Aho: Viola Concerto
Robert Schumann: Symphony no. 4 D-minor

George Benjamin writes music at quite a slow pace. His Concerto for orchestra, completed in 2021, is dedicated to the memory of another orchestral music wizard who spent a long time polishing his works – composer and conductor Oliver Knussen. Benjamin’s energetic and detail-rich work is, indeed, something of a portrait, but above all it is a testament to what a fantastic treasure trove of colours, movements and impressions a chamber orchestra can be. Kalevi Aho similarly finds boundless inspiration in orchestral instruments, and since the 2000s he has written solo concertos for nearly every instrument one might imagine. Jussi Tuhkanen, our Principal Viola, shows his chops as a musician and a narrator in Aho’s Viola Concerto (2008). Our cycle of Schumann symphonies continues with his Symphony no. 4, written in the hectically creative year of 1841.

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Tapiola Sinfonietta 2024-2025

Tapiola Sinfonietta: BANCROFT & TUHKANEN

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