9.6.2019 at 16 | Bach violin concerto castle concert | harpsichord/continuo
Turunlinna, Turku, Finland.
This concert is part of a medieval castle tour organised by violinist Knuut Nissinen. The repertoire consists of J.S. Bach’s violin concertos in a minor (BWV1041), E major (BWV1042) and d minor (BWV1052R).
Ensemble: Knuut Nissinen, Lotta Harju, Heidi-Anniina Nikkilä – violins / Jusa Mankki – viola / Auroora Perttunen – cello
The concerts in Raasepori, Karjaa and Savonlinna will be fulfilled by other harpsichordists.
18.5.2019 at 19 | Choir conductor Tatu Erkkilä’s Master graduation concert | Organ, continuo
Temppeliaukion kirkko, Lutherinkatu 3, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.
With Somnium choir, the Sibelius Academy vocal ensemble and a Baroque orchestra, in which I will be playing continuo on organ for J.S. Bach’s Magnificat in D.
Complete programme:
Lasso (n. 1530–1594) Justorum animae
Mauersberger (1889–1971) Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst
Messiaen (1908–1992) O sacrum convivium
Elgar (1857–1934) There is Sweet Music (Four Part-Songs, op. 53, nr. 1)
Gesualdo (1566–1613) Dolcissima mia vita (From the 5th Book of Madrigals)
Salonen (1958-) Kyss min mun
Poulenc (1899–1963) Liberté (Figure Humaine, nr. 8)
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J.S. Bach (1685–1750) Magnificat in D
13.5.2019 at 18 | Violinist Laura Ahola’s Bachelor graduation concert
Ackté Hall, Sibelius Academy T-building, Töölönkatu 28, Helsinki, Finland.
My dear friend Laura Ahola is playing her Baroque violin B exam concert, and I am so glad that she asked me to play a few pieces with her there. She played Corelli’s D major violin sonata so beautifully in my continuo B exam concert, and I’m glad I can contribute to this important moment in her musical life. She put together a very strong programme of excellent pieces, so do come listen and enjoy her concert. I will be playing continuo on harpsichord in the second half.
The complete programme is:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Concerto for oboe and violin in c minor BWV 1060R
1. Allegro 2. Adagio 3. Allegro
with Katariina Malmberg, oboe
Orchestra: Andrew Ng, Yonatan Quemado, violins; Aino Räsänen, viola; Johanna Randvere, cello; Irina Niskala, continuo on harpsichord
Johann Georg Pisendel (1688-1755) – Solo violin sonata
2. Allegro 3. Giga
Marco Uccellini (1603/1610-1680) – Sonata ”La Laura rilucente”
with Santeri Rautiainen, guitar
George Frideric Händel (1685-1759) – Violin sonata in D major HWV. 371
1. Affettuoso 2. Allegro 3. Larghetto 4. Allegro
with myself playing continuo on harpsichord
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747) – violin sonata no.8 in d minor
1. Grave 2. Courante 3. Rondeau
with Vadim Vainshtein on viola da gamba and myself playing continuo on harpsichord
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) – violin sonata op.5 no.12 in d minor ”La Folia”
with Vadim Vainshtein, viola da gamba; Gerda Merila, kantele and myself playing continuo on harpsichord
5/7/9.42019 | G.F. Händel opera Alcina
Sonore hall, Musiikkitalo, Mannerheimintie 13 A, Helsinki, Finland
This is the Spring production of the Sibelius Academy’s opera programme, in collaboration with the early music department. I will be playing continuo on both organ and harpsichord, together with my colleague-in-continuo Mikael Pessi. It’s an opera with magic and love and fantastic arias, do come listen.
There are also performances on 6/15/16 April, with another continuo team playing.
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20.3.2019 at 18 | Renaissance and Medieval Dance Concert
Ackté Hall, Sibelius Academy T-building, Töölönkatu 28, Helsinki, Finland.
A performance of medieval and renaissance dance and music: the final event of the dance course taught by dancer Maria Hostikka, accompanied by students of the early music department who were coached by recorder player Janek Öller. I will be playing both percussion and harpsichord in the set of dances.
Link to the event here
21.3.2019 at 13 | Café Barock: Vanhan musiikin uudet toivot – Early Music’s new hopes concert
Rikhardinkadun kirjasto, Rikhardinkatu 3, Helsinki, Finland
A concert in celebration of the European Day of Early Music and the Finnish Early Music Society’s work of the year 2018-award ceremony.
I will be playing two pieces:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – gamba sonata in g minor BWV1029 with Vadim Vainshtein and
William Byrd (c.1540–1623) – The Bells, from The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Link to the event here
24/26.1.2019 | Dearest God and light-minded frivolous spirits – Church cantatas by J. S. Bach
Organo hall, Musiikkitalo, Mannerheimintie 13 A, Helsinki, Finland – Part of Organo Laulaa – Organo sings concert series
A concert with four church cantatas by J.S. Bach, performed by students of the vocal, church and early music departments. I will be playing continuo on harpsichord in cantata BWV 181 Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister, a cantata about how the vices of the world delude the soul with flattery, and how only the Word can truly comfort our hearts.
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“The autumn of season 2018-2019 is quite special to me, as I am playing the two concerts that mark my graduation from the bachelor programme in harpsichord playing at the Sibelius Academy. These concerts are marked in bold in the overview below. The first in October focuses on continuo playing and chamber music, the second in December on solo repertoire.”
17.12.2018 at 18 | Bachelor Solo Graduation Recital
Ackté Hall, Sibelius Academy T-building, Töölönkatu 28, Helsinki, Finland.
“… this concert also tells a story about me. I came to Finland from the Netherlands in the autumn of 2014, and now, in this darkest time of the year 2018, I am graduating as a bachelor in harpsichord playing from the Sibelius Academy. In 2014 I didn’t imagine this 2018. Much has happened in these last four-and-a-half years. There is a great journey behind – and also, I hope, a great journey ahead. … I really like that the Finnish word for Bachelor is kandidaatti, candidate. The next step is maisteri, or master, but before you can become a master, you have to be a candidate. This concert and the one I played two months ago represents me becoming a candidate. And being a candidate, I find, is a beautiful thing. All of this is an ongoing process – tonight is one moment in it.”
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) – French suite IV in E flat major, BWV815
Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Gavotte – Menuet – Air – Gigue
Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (1583–1643) – Toccata Prima in g minor, from Toccate e partite d’intavolatura, Libro 2 (1627)
Louis Couperin (1626–1661) – Suite of dances in d minor
Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Gigue
Giovanni Picchi (1571/1572–1643) – Toccata in d minor, found in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) – Sonata for viola da gamba and obbligato harpsichord in g minor, BWV1029
Vivace – Adagio – Allegro
With Vadim Vainshtein on viola da gamba.
23.11.2018 at 18 | Barokkiperjantai – Baroque Friday
Ackté Hall, Sibelius Academy T-building, Töölönkatu 28, Helsinki, Finland
Programme: J.S. Bach, L. Couperin, G. Frescobaldi.
Together with Vadim Vainshtein on viola da gamba.
Baroque Fridays are the Sibelius Academy Early Music Department’s biweekly student concerts, a chance to share works in progress with an audience.
17.11.2018 at 16 | Viking Barokk aula extravaganza
Musiikkitalo aula, Mannerheimintie 13 A, Helsinki, Finland
Programme: G.B. Fontana and G.F. Telemann.
With Jennie Högberg on recorder, Vadim Vainshtein on viola da gamba, and Hannes Kaukoranta on natural horn.
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9.11.2018 at 18 | Barokkiperjantai – Baroque Friday
Ackté Hall, Sibelius Academy T-building, Töölönkatu 28, Helsinki, Finland
Programme: J.S. Bach’s 4th French suite in E flat major.
Baroque Fridays are the Sibelius Academy Early Music Department’s biweekly student concerts, a chance to share works in progress with an audience.
12.10.2018 at 18 | Bachelor Continuo Graduation Recital
Ackté Hall, Sibelius Academy T-building, Töölönkatu 28, Helsinki, Finland
It is my great honour to be playing together with Laura Ahola, Anna Pulakka, Meeri Pulakka, Salli Vilkanen, Marianne Mieskolainen, Vadim Vainshtein, Jennie Högberg, Rachel McIntosh, Jussi Salonen, Gustav Johannson, Johanna Honkanen and Margarethe Breit.
Programme and programme notes can be found via the menu.
19.4.2018 at 18 | D. Buxtehude “Membra Jesu Nostri”
Organo hall, Musiikkitalo, Mannerheimintie 13 A, Helsinki, Finland – Part of Organo Laulaa – Organo Sings concert series.
Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri is one of the most beautiful pieces of music to me, a series of seven cantatas going through the different body parts of Christ. I am very glad to play this with an ensemble of early music students, led by our teacher Minna Kangas, and vocalists from the church music department.
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20.12.2017 at 13 | Café Barock: Vanhan musiikin uudet toivot Joulukonsertti – Early Music’s new hopes Christmas concert
Rikhardinkadun kirjasto, Rikhardinkatu 3, Helsinki, Finland
Young musicians from the Sibelius Academy bring you a varied programme with happy, peaceful and celebratory music to send you into the Christmas holidays in good spirits. We have almost every possible instrument in almost every possible combination, so you’ll be sure to enjoy a varied concert. We bring you trumpet music by Viviani, an alto cantata by Buxtehude, a recorder and gamba concerto by Telemann and a Christmas eve soprano cantata by Scarlatti.
Link to the event here and here
19.12.2017 at 18 | Crossing the Rough Seas, a solo harpsichord recital
Arkadia International Bookshop, Nervanderinkatu 11, Helsinki, Finland
A programme with solo harpsichord music by three composers from Italy, England and the Netherlands who all lived around 1600: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi, Peter Philips and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. I hope to take you on a journey to a different time and place by playing music that showcases all the virtuoso and expressive possibilities of the harpsichord. So expect an informal concert with great music and my attempts at telling funny stories.”
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3.12.2017 at 18 | Musiikkiyhdistys Galantina RY Joulukonsertti – Baroque Society Galantina’s Christmas Concert
Pro Puu Galleria, Satamakatu 2A, Lahti, Finland
25.11.2017 at 18 | Claudio Monteverdi 450 years madrigal concert
Organo hall, Musiikkitalo, Mannerheimintie 13 A, Helsinki, Finland
19.11.2017 at 18 | Taideyliopiston Pikkujoulut Konsertti – The University of the Arts’ Little Christmas Party concert
Kallio Kuninkala, Ristinummentie 6, Järvenpää, Finland
Private event.
15.11.2017 at 13 | Café Barock: Vanhan musiikin uudet toivot – Early Music’s new hopes
Rikhardinkadun kirjasto, Rikhardinkatu 3, Helsinki, Finland
Eugenie Touma van der Meulen 