▪ Thu 2 Sep 7 pm Tampere Hall
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Paavali Jumppanen, piano
Tampere Philharmonic Choir
Kaisa Salmi, visualisation
Beethoven: Prometheus Overture
Scriabin: Prometheus, the Poem of Fire
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 "Titan"
Sun 5 Sep 3 pm Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Afternoon of Fauns, chamber music
▪ Fri 10 Sep 7 pm Tampere Hall
Pietari Inkinen, conductor
Sharon Kam, clarinet
Szymanowski: Concert Overture
Hindemith: Clarinet Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Sat 18 Sep & Mon 20 Sep 7 pm Tampere Hall
Karita Mattila
Karita Mattila, soprano
Markus Lehtinen, conductor
Tampere Hall 20th Anniversary Concert
Produced by Tampere Hall
▪ Fri 24 Sep 7 pm Tampere Hall
Rautavaara’s Kaivos (The Mine)
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Mati Turi, tenor
Johanna Rusanen-Kartano, soprano
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Hannu Niemelä, bass baritone
Tuomas Katajala, tenor
Jaakko Kortekangas, baritone
Petri Pussila, bass
Kaivos Choir
Heikki Liimola, choral conductor
Marika Vapaavuori, visualisation
Rautavaara: Kaivos (The Mine), concert performance
▪ Fri 1 Oct 7 pm Tampere Hall
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello
Strauss: Don Juan
Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto (Finnish premiere)
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen, four legends
▪ Fri 15 Oct 7 pm Tampere Hall
Christian Arming, conductor
Vilde Frang, violin
Mahler: Blumine
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Zemlinsky: The Mermaid
Sun 17 Oct 3 pm Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Afternoon of Fauns, chamber music
▪ Fri 22 Oct 7 pm Tampere Hall
Muhai Tang, conductor
Heini Kärkkäinen, piano
Webern: Passacaglia
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Schönberg: Pelléas and Mélisande
▪ Fri 5 Nov 7 pm Tampere Hall
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Petra Lang, mezzo-soprano
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
Zemlinsky: Songs to poems by Maurice Maeterlinck
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4
▪ Fri 12 Nov 7 pm Tampere Hall
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Ilya Gringolts, violin
Aho: Minea (Finnish premiere)
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 2 ”La Campanella”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
Fri 19 Nov 7 pm Tampere Hall
Sun 21 Nov 1 pm Tampere Hall
Tchaikovsky: The Swan Lake
Finnish National Ballet
Kenneth Greve, choreography
Vello Pähn, conductor
Produced by Tampere Hall
▪ Fri 26 Nov 7 pm Tampere Hall
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Dominique Bodart, trumpet
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Sun 28 Nov 3 pm Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Afternoon of Fauns, chamber music
Fri 3 Dec 7 pm Tampere Hall
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Matti Salminen, bass
Wagner program:
Overture and Daland’s aria from the opera Flying Dutchman
Overture and Marke’s aria from the opera Tristan and Isolde
Overture, interludes and Good Friday Music from the opera Parsifal
Sat 4 Dec 6 pm Tampere Hall
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Matti Salminen, bass
Pauliina Linnosaari, soprano
Ville Rusanen, baritone
Mozart, Verdi, Madetoja, Merikanto, Sibelius
Produced by Tampere Hall
▪ Fri 10 Dec 7 pm Tampere Hall
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Yevgeni Sudbin, piano
Lindberg: Al largo (Finnish premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ”From the New World”
Sat 11 Dec 7 pm Tampere Hall
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Yevgeni Sudbin, piano
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ”From the New World”
Thu 16 Dec 7 pm Tampere Hal
▪ Fri 17 Dec 7 pm Tampere Hall
Traditional Christmas Concert
Jukka Iisakkila, conductor
Pentti Hietanen, tenor
Tampere Philharmonic Choir
Wed 5 Jan 7 pm Tampere Hall
Epiphany Concert
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Kari Kriikku, clarinet
Brahms: Hungarian Dances
Pulkkis: Tales of Joy, of Passion, of Love, Clarinet Concerto
Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite
Fri 14 Jan 7 pm Tampere Hall
Dream Classics
Kimmo Tullila, conductor
Joona Pulkkinen, cello
▪ Fri 21 Jan 7 pm Tampere Hall
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Markus Groh, piano
Liszt: Malediction for piano and strings
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Holst: Planets
Fri 28 Jan 7 pm Tampere Hall
The Children’s Firebird
Family Concert
Mikk Murdvee, conductor
Eppu Nuotio, storyteller
Marjo Hämäläinen, choreography
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
▪ Fri 4 Feb 7 pm Tampere Hall
Alexander Vedernikov, conductor
Antoine Tamestit, viola
Berlioz: Harold in Italy, symphony for viola and orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6
▪ Fri 11 Feb 7 pm Tampere Hall
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Chloë Hanslip, violin
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Dean: The Lost Art of Letter Writing for violin and orchestra (Finnish premiere)
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 ”Rhenish”
▪ Fri 18 Feb 7 pm Tampere Cathedral
Roy Goodman, conductor
Olga Pasichnyk, soprano
Kaisa Ranta, soprano (Please notice, soloist replaced)
Jussi Myllys, tenor
Mika Kares, bass
Tampere Philharmonic Choir
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"
Mozart: Mass in C Minor "Great mass"
Sun 20 Feb 3 pm Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Afternoon of Fauns, chamber music
Sat 5 – Sun 20 Mar Tampere Hall
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Soloists Jaakko Ryhänen, Gabriel Suovanen, Jussi Myllys/Dan Karlström, Marjukka Tepponen and others
Musical director Markus Lehtinen
Stage director Tuomas Parkkinen
Set design Kati Lukka
Costume design Tarja Simonen
Tampere Opera Choir
Produced by Tampere Hall
Fri 11 Mar 7 pm Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Roger Bobo, conductor
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra’s Brass
Copland: Fanfare for the Common man
Bach: Cantata No. 118
Schuller: Symphony for brass and percussions
Tschesnokoff: Let Thy Holy Presence
Tschesnokoff: Salvation Is Created
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Tue 15 Mar 7 pm Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Ralf Gothóni, conductor and piano
Mozart program:
Divertimento No. 14 in B Major
Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major
Symphony No. 29 in A Major
Sun 27 Mar 3 pm at Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Afternoon of Fauns, chamber music
▪ Fri 1 Apr 7 pm at Tampere Hall
Jan Söderblom, conductor (Please notice, conductor replaced)
Juhani Lagerspetz, piano
Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso
Kaipainen: Piano Concerto
Dutilleux: Timbres, espace, mouvement (La nuit etoilée)
Ravel: Bolero
Fri 6 Apr 8 pm at Tampere Hall
International Classical Music Awards 2011
Gala Concert
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Hannu Lintu conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor (Helix)
Philip Edward Fisher, piano
Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Lena Neudauer, violin
Anna-Kristiina Kaappola, soprano
David Kadouch, piano
Menahem Pressler, piano
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius (arr. Kaipainen): Piano Quintet, arr. for piano and strings, movements
Schumann: Fantasia for violin and orchestra, Op. 131
Mozart: Concert Aria ”Bella mia fiamma, addio!” K 528
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2, movements
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G K 453, movements
Salonen: Helix
- Broadcast by YLE/EBU
- Produced by ICMA, Radio Viva Classica and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
▪ Fri 8 Apr 7 pm at Tampere Hall
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Han-Na Chang, cello
Trbojevic: Vertigo (Premiere, commissioned by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra)
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (Please notice, composition replaced)
▪ Fri 15 Apr 7 pm at Tampere Hall
Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra’s Horn Quartet
Sibelius: The Tempest, Suite No. 1
Pohjannoro: Concerto for four horns and orchestra (premiere, commissioned by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra)
Prokofiev: Suite from the ballet Romeo and Julia
Sun 17 Apr 3 pm Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Afternoon of Fauns, chamber music
Afternoon with the Concertmaster
Dennis Kim, violin
Young Kyung Hyun, piano
Reinis Birznieks, cello
Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 A major, Op. 13
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Fritz Kreisler: Variations on a Theme by Corelli
Søren Nils Eichberg: Qilaatersorneq
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 E minor, Op. 67