Open Air
PROGRAMME
EDVARD GRIEG: Excerpts from Holberg Suite op. 40
JEAN SIBELIUS: Danse Champêtre op. 106 No. 5 (arranged by Jaakko Kuusisto)
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA: Melancholia from Cantus Arcticus op. 61
JEAN SIBELIUS: Humoresque op. 89 No. 4 in g minor
Finnish-swedish folk songs and electronic interludes
JOHAN SVENDSEN: Romance for Violin and Orchestra op. 26
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony no.1 op.21 in C major
- Violin and Director Pekka Kuusisto
ABOUT THIS CONCERT
Leading scientists have explained that the universe began as a singular
event, which then unfurled over the next 13.8 billion years to form the
universe we know today. The MCO’s Big Bang is a singular
concert at the 2018 Audi Sommerkonzert Festival in Ingolstadt, which
launches an artistic partnership with Finnish violinist and
“one-of-a-kind” musician Pekka Kuusisto. His work with the orchestra
will continue to expand over the next seasons, and the Mahler Chamber
Orchestra is happy to form a musical “universe” with this inspiring
artist.
Pekka Kuusisto is the Featured Artist for the 2018 open-air Audi Sommerkonzerte. The festival is dedicated to the concept of democratically run music ensembles and works to bring artists together so that they may share inspired, energetic music programmes and performances. These are ideals which speak very much to the MCO philosophy. Audi offers the open-air summer concerts with free entry, as the goal here is to have as many people as possible experience this great music. The programme for this concert will feature favourite repertoire mixed with Finnish surprises chosen by Pekka Kuusisto.