SEASON CONCERT 5: SUNRISE SERENADE

Thursday 24.10.2024 at 6pm Concert Hall

At 5.30 Atrium
PRE-TALK

Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Tzigane, conductor
Shunske Sato, violin

Ida Moberg: Orchestersvit – Sunrise & Prelude
Wilhelm Stenhammar: Serenade
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto

“An Apollonian Dithyramb to a Florentine Spring

Wilhelm Stenhammar was dubbed the “Swedish Brahms” and not without reason. In fact, as young man, he studied piano with one of Clara Schumann’s pupils and like Brahms, also flirted with Wagnerianism, especially in his earlier compositions. The Serenede itself was inspired by a trip to Italy in 1906/7. It has all the hallmarks of a travelogue, particularly because he alluded to a “veiled hint of a programme.” Thus the Serenade straddles the Romantic divide between programmatic (New German School) and absolute music (Leipzig conservatives). The Serenade is a beautiful melange of Mendelssohnian restraint and clarity, intoxicatingly sensual Wagnerian harmonies, a Brahmsian penchant for soulful, yet understated melodies and allusions to Renaissance polyphony. There are festivities, nocturnal romances, eventually a sunrise and joyful life-affirming celebrations. The program begins however with another Sunrise, this time from the Finnish composer Ida Moberg’s Suite for Orchestra. Though she studied with the New German School advocate, Felix Draeske in Dresden, Moberg’s style takes more inspiration from Brahms and the Leipzig School than Wagner. Shunske Sato, the leader of the period orchestra, Concerto Köln, and an expert in 19th Century Historical performance practices, will be joining us to share his new perspective on Brahms’ Violin Concerto.”
(Eugene Tzigane)

Produced by the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra

This concert is included in the Season Series Ticket and the Mini Series 1.

SEASON SERIES TICKET
Including all 8 Season Series concerts:
5.9. – 12.9. – 26.9. – 10.10. – 24.10. – 7.11. – 21.11. – 5.12.

Early Bird Price 200 € / 160 €
Available for purchase: 19.4.– 6.5.
BUY SEASON SERIES TICKET

Normal Price 220 € / 179 €
Available for purchase: 7.5.– 5.9.

MINI SERIES 1
Including 4 Season Series concerts: 5.9. – 26.9. – 24.10. – 21.11.

Early Bird Price 110 / 90 €
Available for purchase: 19.4.– 6.5.
BUY MINI SERIES 1

Normal Price 120 € / 95 €
Available for purchase: 7.5.– 5.9.

Get yours at Kuopio Music Centre Ticket Office, Lippupiste Ticket Outlets and Lippupiste Online Store www.lippu.fi

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS

33 € / 27 € senior citizens and groups min. 20 persons / 11 € children under the age of 16 and students
Available for purchase starting from 19.4.2024.

Get yours at Kuopio Music Centre Ticket Office, Kuopio City Theatre Ticket Office, Lippupiste Ticket Outlets and Lippupiste Online Store www.lippu.fi

4 € concert day discount ticket for students and young people under the age of 20 (available for purchase on the concert day at the Kuopio Music Centre Ticket Office)

Prices include the Kuopio Music Centre service fee 2 € / ticket. The service fees vary depending on the place of purchase.