Music and culture have always crossed and united boundaries – both geographical and spiritual. The theme of this concert highlights the shared roots of Finnish and Swedish cultural heritage. In a programme curated by the charismatic soprano Helena Juntunen, the emotional landscapes of the songs travel along hundreds of roads and through thousands of reflections – from longing veiled in images of nature to experiences of the sacred and their encounter.

Helena Juntunen, soprano

Sinfonietta Fortis

Teemu Hämäläinen, conductor

PROGRAM:

Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775–1838)

Söndagsmorgonen

(Johan Olof Wallin)

Bernhard Henrik Crusell

Jag har dig åter

(Fredrik de Ron)

Elfrida Andrée

Till näktergalen

(E. Andrée)

Elfrida Andrée

Öfver hafvet sjunker en stjärna

(Vilhelm Ekelund)

Elfrida Andrée

Visa en vårmorgon

(J. L. Runeberg)

Max Bruch (1838–1920)

Serenade for String Orchestra on Swedish Themes

Marsch (Allegro moderato)

Andante

Allegro

Andante sostenuto

Marsch (Allegro moderato)

Laura Netzel (1839–1927)

Ave Maria

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)

Hundra vägar

(J. L. Runeberg)

Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924)

Rukous

Tauno Pylkkänen (1918–1980)

Pastorale

All orchestral arrangements: Teemu Hämäläinen, except

Elfrida Andrée: Öfver hafvet sjunker en stjärna – orchestral arrangement by Elfrida Andrée.

DURATION:

Approx. 70 minutes, no intermission.

Organ Night & Aria: Hundreds of Roads, Thousands of Reflections

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