AFTERNOON OF FAUNS: INCURABLE ROMANTICS

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Tickets 17 €, pensioners 10 €, students, children and individuals under 18 years of age 7 €

Camille Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie Op. 124 for violin and harp (1907)
Heidi Kuula, violin, and Kirsti Vartiainen, harp

Ilari Laakso: The Garden Swing in Winter Sleep for flute (2024), world premiere
Annaleena Jämsä, flute

Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 
Lea Antola and Lotta Laaksonen, violin, Anni Tiainen-Hammo and Anne Korhonen, viola, Risto Rajakorpi and Miika Jämsä, cello

An artist has done something right when the new generation mocks them. The music of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns was considered too beautiful and elegant by modernists, with the magical Fantaisie being a prime example. Likewise, Johannes Brahms, often criticized for his conservatism, composed one of the highest monuments of romantic string music with his String Sextet. A new flute piece by Ilari Laakso, a composer known for bridging stylistic eras, will have its world premiere. The concert is hosted by composer Minna Leinonen.

The concert lasts about two hours.

Changes are possible.

Production: Tampere Filharmonia