Tuomas Tenkanen

Enjoy a free concert at the Helsinki Music Centre terrace featuring the patron artists of the Kamarikesä (Chamber Summer) Festival alongside pianist Aleksei Zaitsev.

Ruusu-Talvikki Heikkilä, cello
Ellen Herler, viola
Eliel Lahesmaa, clarinet
Aleksei Zaitsev, piano

Part of the Music Centre’s Summer Concert series, this performance brings the atmospheric spirit of the Night of the Arts & Aria Festival to the stage. Heikkilä, Herler, and Lahesmaa represent the absolute elite of the new generation of Finnish classical music – come and hear the sound of the future! The program includes works by Schumann, Bach, Cahuzac, Fauré, and more.

PROGRAM:

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures) op. 113 • I. Nicht schnell • II. Lebhaft • IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck

Louis Cahuzac (1880–1960)
Cantilène

Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Introduction et Rondo op. 72

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Danse Orientale op. 2 No. 2

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Papillon (Butterfly) op. 77

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
2 Nocturnes op. 62

Mercedes Sosa (1935–2009) / comp. Violeta Parra (1917–1967)
Gracias a la vida

DURATION: The concert lasts approximately 60 minutes, including a short intermission for drinks.