Nordic Conference for Choral Conductors | 4–6 October, 2024 | Helsinki Music Centre
Concerts
Friday 4.10.
Choral Conducting Class Concert
19.30
Sibelius Academy Concert Hall (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9)
Sibelius Academy Vocal Ensemble
Conducted by the students of the choral conducting class of the Sibelius Academy
Programme:
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Sergei Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, movements 3, 4b, 5, 6, 10, 16, 17
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Einojuhani Rautavaara: Missa a cappella
Concert duration approx. 90 min.
Free entrance.
A century separates these two masterpieces of sacred music from the northeastern corner of Europe. Sergei Rachmaninov wrote his setting of the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom in 1910, but it was rejected by the Orthodox clergy and only gained acceptance into the concert repertoire in the late 20th century. Einojuhani Rautavaara composed his Missa a cappella in 2010–2011, basing it around a Credo he had written almost forty years earlier. The Sibelius Academy Vocal Ensemble is the professional instrument used by the Academy’s choral conducting class.
More information on the website of the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
Photo by: Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki/Henrietta Harju
Saturday 5.10.
Pohjolan äänet – Northern Voices
Photo by: Anna Tilli
19.00
Temppeliaukio Church (Lutherinkatu 3)
Conductor Riku Laurikka
Conductor Visa Yrjölä
Sibelius-lukion kamarikuoro (Sibelius Upper Secondary School Chamber Choir)
Conductor Maija Laurinsilta
Concert duration approx. 60–70 min.
Tickets 30 € / 15 € (students, unemployed, children) in advance from Eventio ticket store or at the door (preferably card payment). Children from 0 to 6 years free of charge.
Concert programme is included in the price.
Tickets from Eventio ticket store.
"Pohjolan äänet – Northern Voices” offers a rare opportunity to hear three top Finnish choirs in the same concert! Akademiska Damkören Lyran, Euga Male Voice Choir and the Sibelius Upper Secondary School Chamber Choir bring both Nordic and French atmospheres to the Temppeliaukio Church and take the listeners to the past summer and the coming autumn.