The King of Bassoon

Johannes Brahms left a legacy of four great symphonies, and Arnold Schönberg’s opulent orchestral arrangement of the dramatic quartet in G minor could well be the fifth. Mosaics, the newest orchestral work by Outi Tarkiainen, who is at the moment the most talked-about Finnish composer internationally, was commissioned by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and will now be performed in Finland for the very first time due to the fact that the Oulu-based orchestra participated in commissioning the piece. The piece portrays a musical mosaic of Virginia Woolf’s book A Room of One’s Own. The charisma-filled international star bassoonist Bram van Sambeek will perform as the soloist in Jaakko Kuusisto’s concerto.

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Duration about 1 h 55 min (incl. 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.

Head start in Restaurant Preludi at 18:30. Discussion of the forthcoming concert.