Special concert

Oulu Music Centre 40 years: Gala Concert

Saturday

09.09.2023 16.00

Madetoja Hall

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Conductor

Rumon Gamba

Performers

Lilja Haatainen violin
Virva Puumala soprano
Mika Rännäli piano
Pope Puolitaival saxophone
Oulu Sinfonia

Concert program

Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus
II Melankolia

Pjotr Tšaikovski Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor, Op. 2
III Allegro con fuoco

Leevi Madetoja Songs
Syksy op. 68/1
Luulit, ma katselin sua op. 68/3
Hyvää yötä op. 68/4
Lintu sininen op. 68/5

Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
IV Finale: Allegro guerriero

Jouko Tötterström Symphony No. 2
II Epitaffio (Omaggio a Samuel Barber)

Summertime
comp. George Gershwin | arr. Antti Rissanen

Misty
comp. Erroll Garner | arr. Antti Rissanen

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing)
comp. Duke Ellington | arr. Antti Rissanen

Jean Sibelius Finlandia Op. 26

Oulu Music Centre’s celebration week will culminate in the Gala Concert, which will showcase Oulu’s expertise on a broad scale. Oulu Sinfonia will be joined by Lilja Haatainen, a graduate of Oulu Conservatory who has amazed with her skills, Virva Puumala, a graduate of Oulu University of Applied Sciences and 2019 Lappeenranta Song Contest winner, pianist Mika Rännäli who has returned to Oulu after a long stint in New York, and saxophonist Pope Puolitaival who has studied in Oulu’s music classes and is familiar from numerous successful jazz ensembles and television music programmes.

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Duration about 80 min, no intermission.

Tickets 29 € normal/ 24 € pensioner / 16 € student, unemployed, child (3–17 yrs)
Free entry to the concert for Kaikukortti holders (limited amount, must be purchased in advance from Oulu10 service point).

Prices include service fee. Order fee 2 €/order when bought from Ticketmaster shops or 1,50 €/order when bought from Ticketmaster online shop will be added, excluding tickets purchased at Madetoja Hall ticket booth and Kaikukortti-tickets.

Rumon Gamba. Lilja Haatainen. Mika Rännäli. Pope Puolitaival.