Kreeta-Maria Kentala, violin
Heidi Peltoniemi, cello
Kirill Kozlovsky, fortepiano
Tuomas Katajala, tenor

This concert transports the audience to the authentic atmosphere of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with music by two central composers of Viennese Classicism performed on period instruments. The Italian-born Luigi Boccherini settled in Madrid early in his career but worked and absorbed influences in Vienna beforehand. Beethoven was a master pianists, while Boccherini was a virtuoso cellist.

Between 1809 and 1820, Beethoven composed a vast number of folk song arrangements with piano trio accompaniment for the Scottish publisher George Thomson. From this extensive collection of Scottish, Irish and Welsh songs, tenor Tuomas Katajala has selected his favourites for this concert. The evening concludes with Beethoven’s celebrated “Archduke” Trio, dedicated to his pupil and patron Archduke Rudolf of Habsburg. In Olari Church, musicians deeply versed in Classical style create an intimate chamber music atmosphere.

PROGRAM:

Ludwig van Beethoven
25 Scottish Songs, op. 108
No. 7 Bonny Laddie
No. 13 Come Fill, Fill My Good Fellow
No. 2 Sunset (Der Abend)
No. 16 Could This Old World Have Been Contriv’d
No. 8 The Lovely Lass of Inverness

Luigi Boccherini
Piano Trio in D Major

Ludwig van Beethoven
Irish Songs, WoO 152
No. 12 English Bulls, or The Irishman in London
No. 8 Come Draw We Round a Cheerful Ring
No. 15 Let Brainspinning Swains
No. 21 Morning a Cruel Turmoiler Is
No. 11 Thou Emblem of Faith
No. 5 On the Massacre of Glencoe

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke"

DURATION:
80 minutes, no interval.

TICKETS:
€15–35 + service charges (from €1.5 at www.lippu.fi)