Finlandia

Celebrating the choral heritage of Finland

Saturday, May 19, 2018 | 8:00 PM | Vashon United Methodist Church
17928 Vashon Highway SW, Vashon Island

Sunday, May 20, 2018 | 4:00 PM | Nordic Heritage Museum
Museum members receive a discounted ticket price.
2655 NW Market Street, Seattle

with Pre-Concert Lecture by Artistic Director Gary D. Cannon
30 minutes before both performances

Choral music has long been a staple of Finnish culture, led by the works of Jean Sibelius (including the anthem Finlandia) and his contemporary Toivo Kuula. In the twentieth century, Finnish sacred music flourished in the hands of the late Einojuhani Rautavaara, while composers like Erik Bergman developed new, innovative trends. Among the current generation of brilliant composers is Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, whose works are at turns comic and dramatic.

See concert program, including texts and translations.

Repertoire

• Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (b.1963) – Double, double, toil and trouble
• Fredrik Pacius (1809-1891) – Maamme
• Toivo Kuula (1883-1918) – Auringon noustessa
• Toivo Kuula – Virta venhettä vie
• Toivo Kuula – Minun kuitani kaunis on
• Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Smoking can kill
• Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) – Drömmarna
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) – Credo
• Einojuhani Rautavaara – Och glädjen den dansar
  intermission
• Jean Sibelius – Finlandia-hymni
• Jean Sibelius – Venematka
• Jean Sibelius – Sydämeni laulu
• Einojuhani Rautavaara – Suite de Lorca
• Erik Bergman (1911-2006) – Vier Galgenlieder
• Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – El Hambo
• Jean Sibelius – Isänmaalle

Performing Artists

• Gary D. Cannon, conductor
• Erika Chang, soprano
• David Hendrix, tenor
• Dustin Kaspar, tenor
• Christine Knackstedt, mezzo-soprano
• J. Scott Kovacs, bass-baritone
• Lisa Cardwell Pontén, soprano
• Jonathan Silvia, bass-baritone
• Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano