Jyväskylä Sinfonia: Dance and Stories

Thu 3.12. Paviljonki at 18:00

Conductor Joonas Pitkänen and pianist Janne Mertanen.

Program:
Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Uuno Klami: Nummisuutarit Overture
Helvi Leiviskä: Orchestral Suite No. 2

Janne Mertanen has established himself over decades as one of the most respected Chopin pianists. Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 is a work in which the composer's inner sensitivity and pianistic virtuosity intertwine - and in Mertanen's playing, these qualities shine through with particular clarity.

Conductor Pitkänen builds the evening's remaining program on folk tradition and storytelling. Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances bring rhythmic sharpness, while Klami's Nummisuutarit Overture and Leiviskä's Orchestral Suite No. 2 - the latter based on a film about Juha - tell of Finnish destinies.

Tickets: 34 € | 31 € | 15 €
More information: Jyväskylä Sinfonia, [email protected], 0400640109