6th September – 9th September 2006 Sibelius Hall, Lahti
Sibelius – 50 years on
Thursday 6th September at 7 p.m. (sold out) Kullervo Op. 7
Osmo Vänskä, conductor Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-sopraano Jorma Hynninen, baritone YL Male Voice Choir
Luonnotar 2007 Prizegiving Ceremony In collaboration with The Wood in culture Association
Friday 7th September at 7 p.m. Impromptu for string orchestra Sibelius´s orchestral songs - Våren flyktar hastigt (Spring is Flying) - Kom nu hit, död (Come Away, death) - Fool´s Song of the Spider from `King Christian II´ - På verandan vid havet (On a Balcony by the Sea) - Koskenlaskijan morsiamet (The Rapids-Rider´s Brides) Scaramouche Op. 71
Osmo Vänskä, conductor Jorma Hynninen, baritone
at 5.45 p.m. Sibelius Hall/Carpenter´s Hall Pre-concert talk Jorma Hynninen with Erkki Toivanen (in Finnish) In collaboration with the Sibelius Hall
Saturday 8th September at 5 p.m. Night Ride and Sunrise Op. 55 Symphony No. 4 Op. 63 Symphony No. 5 Op. 82
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
at 4 p.m. Sibelius Hall/Carpenter´s Hall Pre-concert talk Osmo Vänskä with Martin Andersson (in English) In collaboration with the Sibelius Hall
Chamber Music Concerts:
Saturday 8th September at 1 p.m. Kalevi Aho Hall, Lahti Music Institute, Hämeenkatu 4 Sibelius´s Music for Piano
Eero Heinonen, piano
Sunday 9th September at 11 a.m. Sibelius Hall Sibelius on a Sunday Morning
Sonatina for Piano, Op. 67 No. 2 Three Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 116 Piano Quintet in G minor, JS 159 (1890)
Paavali Jumppanen, piano Jaakko Kuusisto, violin Elina Vähälä, violin Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, viola Joel Laakso, sello In collaboration with the Sibelius Hall