Mot-clef : Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä’s Americana with the Helsinki Philharmonic
Soloist Jonathan Roozeman handled Barber's fearsome technical demands with ease, particularly the seemingly inhuman left-hand acrobatics required in the outer movements. One of the highlights of the current Helsinki Philharmonic season is the focus ...
In Helsinki, Mälkki’s cool-headed intensity in Mahler’s No. 9
Susanna Mälkki's take on Mahler's final completed masterpiece focused on tight control coupled with clear, unsentimental intensity. Nearing the end of her second year as music director of the Helsinki Philharmonic ...
Passionate and virtuosic : Tianwa Yang in Britten’s Violin Concerto
Yang brought a devilish and almost unhinged quality to the dancing second movement of Britten's Violin Concerto, which further highlighted her amazing virtuosity. The current Helsinki season has been almost an ...
Truls Mørk’s noble Schelomo with the Helsinki Philharmonic
Truls Mørk brought nobility to Schelomo's lamenting qualities. The current, inaugural season of Susanna Mälkki's tenure as music director of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (HKO) is focused considerably on 20th-century French orchestral music, which ...
Susanna Mälkki and the Helsinki Philharmonic in Mahler’s Symphony No. 6
Throughout the first movement of Mahler's Symphony No. 6, careful attention was given to accents, articulations, and dynamics, along with a clear focus on orchestrational detail. Susanna Mälkki's recent performances with ...
Death and Transcendencev : Robert Spano and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Spano led a taut and disciplined performance of Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead. The subjects of death and the beyond have certainly fascinated many artists, both past and present. Among composers, ...
Susanna Mälkki’s opening concert as Music Director of the Helsinki Philharmonic
Perhaps the most memorable part of this evening was the palpable sense of joy that was radiating from the stage. Readers of my reviews from Susanna Mälkki’s recent concerts with the ...
Happy 150th birthday, Jean Sibelius!
Without a doubt, this was one of the great En Saga performances. It has certainly been a busy year for Finland’s favorite musical son. Although Sibelius’ is a regular fixture in the ...
Dima Slobodeniouk conducts the Helsinki Philharmonic in Prokofiev’s second symphony
Dima Slobodeniouk's skillful direction and clear affinity for this music made this performance one of the major highlights of the current Helsinki concert season. Dima Slobodeniouk is currently Music Director of ...
Homecoming: Susanna Mälkki, Chief Conductor Designate of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
"The most essential thing is to keep the musical standards very high" ResMusica: You began your professional career as one of the principal cellists of the Gothenburg Symphony--one of the top ...
Inspired by Italy: John Storgårds conducts Mendelssohn and Sibelius
A sense of refinement permeated Storgårds interpretation of the opening movement. Italy has long been a source of inspiration for diverse composers both from the past and present. In this evening's ...
Osmo Vänskä returns to the Helsinki Phil in an all-Prokofiev program
Over a decade has passed since Osmo Vänskä last appearance with the Helsinki Philharmonic. On this evening's concert, Vänskä conducted the Helsinki Philharmonic in a program of Prokofiev favorites. Osmo Vänskä ...
John Storgårds and the Helsinki Philharmonic open the Sibelius anniversary year
As an appropriate conclusion to his tenure as Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic, John Storgårds will perform a complete cycle of the symphonies throughout 2015. This evening's program featured ...
Saraste conducts the Helsinki Philharmonic in Dutilleux
Jukka-Pekka Saraste's continued advocacy for Henri Dutilleux has ensured that the French master's orchestral works receive regular performances by both the main Helsinki orchestras. This evening's concert featured Dutilleux's Métaboles, one ...
All-Russian evening with the Helsinki Philharmonic
Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 is firmly established in the core repertoire of just about every cellist on the international circuit, and performances of this work are sufficiently frequent that ...
Alexander Kniazev performs Miaskovsky’s Cello Concerto
The mid-twentieth century cello concerto is dominated by two great Russian works: the Sinfonia Concertante of Prokofiev and the first cello concerto of Shostakovich. Both works feature fiendishly difficult solo ...
Kari Kriikku plays Saariaho’s clarinet concerto
For such a small country, Finland can easily boast having at least four living composers with major international careers: Saariaho, Magnus Lindberg, Salonen, and Aho. Of these, Saariaho is arguably ...
Gita Kadambi, General Manager of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
"We are not restricting our “search” for our future conductor to Finland only" ResMusica: You have just recently been appointed general manager of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Please tell us a ...
