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Tickets: $52.00, $45.00, $25.00; 50% DISCOUNT BY USING PROMO CODE FINNTIX ONLINE OR BY PHONE:
www.ChamberMusicSociety.org or 212-875-5788 (valid until 5pm on 3/16)
Program
Toivo Kuula Selected Songs
Jean Sibelius Selected Songs
Jukka Tiensuu New Work (CMS Commission, World Premiere)
Jean Sibelius String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, "Voces Intimae"
Esa-Pekka Salonen Floof for Soprano and Ensemble
Magnus Lindberg ...de Tartuffe, je crois for Piano Quintet
Olli Mustonen Nonet II for Four Violins, Two Violas, Two Cellos, and Double Bass
Meet the Artists
New Helsinki Quartet, ensemble; Sirkka Lampimaki, soprano; Kari Kriikku, clarinet; Cho-Liang Lin, Elina Vahala, violin; Richard O'Neill, viola; Jakob Koranyi, Fred Sherry, cello; Timothy Cobb, double bass; Gilbert Kalish, Juho Pohjonen, piano; Ayano Kataoka, percussion
About This Performance
From a country of born explorers, of endless days and nights, and colorful folklore, comes a Festival of music incredibly rich in imagery, emotion, and invention. The music of Finland lives in the present as well as the country's storied past, and CMS welcomes a host of Finland's most exciting musicians as collaborators in imaginative programs that will be heard nowhere but on CMS stages.
SPECIAL EVENTS RELATED TO THIS CONCERT
* The Finnish festival opens with a symposium on Monday, March 15. Artistic Director Wu Han leads a lively conversation about the festival, and Finland's place as the new "Vienna" of musical productivity.
* The Finnish festival presents a concert of the best of new Finnish composition in New Music in the Rose on Thursday, March 18.
http://www.chambermusicsociety.org/eventDetail/45/eventID=728
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