Klassista pianomusiikkia :-)

Dedicated to two little girls who apparently need some good music to fall asleep. Good night, darlings, and enjoy the marvelous music interpreted by my friend Zlata!

Listen with your body

If you want to learn to open up ALL of your senses to sound...

Worthy break of a long silence

This concert deserves to have a big audience, and a big audience deserves to open its heart to this Music. It was Wiener Philharmoniker, one of the best orchestras in the world; they came on tour just yesterday to Helsinki and played wonderfully with their united, continental deep energy. They were supposed to be conducted by Lorin Maazel, but he fell ill and was replaced by Sakari Oramo. I was speaking to a few musicians after the concert, and they told me that they appreciated working with M°Oramo a lot: he conquered their trust and interest right away, even though mostly unknown among the orchestra. Gooooo Finland!

Sibelius 7th - Wiener Phil & Oramo

For a beloved friend

It unfortunately happens to all of us, sooner or later, to loose a loved one. In 1881 it was Tchaikowsy who lost his friend and mentor Rubinstein, and while he was in Rome he started composing this trio in his honor.

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Fantastic Symphony

Berlioz wrote his Symphonìe Fantastique in 1830; he composed it pretty quickly, he claimed, because its scheme was already clear in his mind long before. It is actually true, as he had to do nothing else than selecting some of his pre-composed pieces left undone and merge them together. This resulted in a numerous sequence of scenes, like as if this symphony was a theatre play! Berlioz actually backed it up with the story of a young sensitive musician who, in excess of love desperation, poisons himself with opium, and instead of dying, he falls into a deep visionary hallucinogenic sleep. I leave it to you to imagine what the content is!

First Movement (2nd part)

Second Movement

Third Movement (1st part)

Third Movement (2nd part)

Fourth Movement

Fifth Movement

Taking you away...

Dear Ring Ohne Worte

RSO and Hannu Lintu

Unknown beauty

Everybody knows what an accordion is, but few people could picture it out of a scene of waltz and dancing music. Actually, beautiful pieces have been dedicated to to this multifaceted instrument by classical and contemporary composers, and the accordionist Vincent Lhermet, who happens to be not only a fine and exciting musician, but also a graduate at Sibelius Academy, structured this concert so as to lead us through its main works in its main times.

Folies Musicales de France

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