+++ The New Helsinki Quartet will perform Finnish pieces at the Lincoln Center +++

On 16 and 18 March, the New Helsinki Quartet will follow an invitation of the Chamber Music Society and perform works by Finnish composers in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York.


16/3/2010, 19:30
New York, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Toivo Kuula: Selected Songs
Jean Sibelius: Selected Songs
Jukka Tiensuu: New Work (CMS Commission, World Premiere)
Jean Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, Voces Intimae
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Floof for Soprano and Ensemble
Magnus Lindberg: ...de Tartuffe, je crois for Piano Quintet
Olli Mustonen: Nonet II for Four Violins, Two Violas, Two Cellos, and Double Bass

New Helsinki Quartet
Soprano: Sirkka Lampimaki
Clarinet: Kari Kriikku
Violin: Cho-Liang Lin, Elina Vähälä
Viola: Richard O'Neill
Cello: Jakob Koranyi, Fred Sherry
Double bass: Timothy Cobb
Piano: Gilbert Kalish, Juho Pohjonen
Percussion: Ayano Kataoka

Further information: www.chambermusicsociety.org


18/3/2010, 19:30
New York, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Kaija Saariaho: NoaNoa for Flute and Electronics
Magnus Lindberg: Steamboat Bill Jr. for Clarinet and Cello
Jukka Tiensuu: Tango lunaire for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Keyboard
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Sonetto for Clarinet and Piano
Uljas Voitto Pulkkis: Piano Trio
Jouni Kaipainen: String Quartet No. 5, Op. 70

New Helsinki Quartet
Flute: Sooyun Kim
Clarinet: Kari Kriikku
Violin: Elina Vähälä
Cello: Jakob Koranyi
Piano: Gilbert Kalish

Further information: www.chambermusicsociety.org