SEASON CONCERT 7: PRELUDE TO THE KUOPIO JUBILEUM
Thursday 21.11.2024 at 6pm
The concert will launch the festivities of the Kuopio 250th Anniversary.
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen, conductor
Ismo Eskelinen, kitara
Atso Almila: Kuopio 250 Overture & Fanfare (Premiere)
Robert Kajanus: Finnish Rhapsody No 1
Jukka Tiensuu: Guitar Concerto “Aim”
Antonin Dvořak: Symphony No 8 in G major Op. 88 B.163
The concert is the opening for the 250th anniversary celebration of the city of Kuopio. The programme combines festive Finnish and European tunes from the present and past centuries. The first performance of the overture and fanfare by Atso Almila, composer and 2nd conductor of the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, will put you in a wonderful festive mood. Finnish Rhapsody by Robert Kajanus containing Finnish folk songs and polka rhythms, is national-romantic orchestral music at its best. Aim, a guitar concerto composed by Jukka Tiensuu in 2005, will be performed by Ismo Eskelinen, who has ventured out into the world from Northern Savo. Eskelinen describes Aim as a journey from the darkness of the morning through the heat of the afternoon and evening parties into the peacefulness of the night. The concert ends with Antonin Dvořak’s sunny and cheerful 8th Symphony from the Romantic era.
Duration approximately 1 hour 45 minutes including interval.
Produced by the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
This concert is included in the Season Series Ticket and the Mini Series 1.
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.