Jan Söderblom, violinist and conductor

Miitta Sorvali, narrator

Alfred Schnittke: Moz-Art à la Haydn

Petr Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana, Suite for orchestra no. 4 in G major op. 61

Igor Stravinsky: Octet for winds

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances KV571

“Mozart captivates me, he makes me happy, and the longer I live the more I love him,” said Tchaikovsky. He wrote Mozart a musical love letter in his Suite for orchestra no. 4, a romanticised view of Mozart’s minor pieces. Schnittke also took a fragment of Mozart as the starting point for his Moz-Art, but instead of an idealisation we hear how brutally the modern era treats classical beauty. Stravinsky was bothered by a parrot across the street when he was writing his Octet, yet the bird somehow inspired him to emulate Mozart. This concert, conceived by Siljamari Heikinheimo, presents Mozart as principal dancer and composer of dance music.

Afterparty in the foyer following the concert. 

Tapiola Sinfonietta 2025-2026