Programme 2024
Wednesday 10 July 2024
7.00 pm Ravintola Kaks Ruusua — Restaurant Kaks Ruusua
"Festarin vesillelasku Varkaudessa” - Festival Pre-Launch
Mythical skulptures by Taru Mäntynen — Messengers through Times
Visions of a Wanderer
Hiroe Ito, mezzosoprano —Juha Kotilainen, baritone — Vivian Neff, clarinet —
Juhana Kotilainen, baritone — Joel Papinoja, piano
Thursday 11 July 2024
5.00 pm Heinävesi Summer Market
FESTIVAL OPENING — BRASS SEPTET NOVUS
Matti Peltola, Eb-cornet — Onni Pietilä, Bb-cornet— Tuomas Salo, Bb-cornet — Matias Parikka, alto horn
Aksel Salmioranta, tenor horn — Joel Wendelin, bariton horn — Mikko Marttila, tuba — Patrik Kiviniemi, drums
7.30 pm Heinävesi Parish Hall
OPENING CONCERT OF THE HEINÄVESI FESTIVAL
— Skulptures by Taru Mäntynen at the Center of the Programme
Hedvig Paulig, soprano — Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano — Juha Kotilainen, baritone — Ilmo Ranta, piano — Janne Malinen, guitar — Vivian Neff, clarinet — Joel Papinoja, piano — Juhana Kotilainen, baritone
Friday 12 July 2024
2.00 pm Säynämö Chapel
AFTERNOON CONCERT in the National Lanscape of the Heinävesi Route
"POETS OF THE WILDERNESS — ALONG THE NARROW AND WINDING WATERWAYS"
Ilmari Kianto — J. W. von Goethe
Sibelius — Chydenius — Schubert — Kaski — J. Kianto (new work)
Janne Malinen, guitar — Juha Kotilainen, baritone
Juhana Kotilainen, baritone — Joel Papinoja, piano
Additional Information Säynämö through Heinävesi Travel Bureau +358 40 7101 919
Friday 12 July 2024
7.00 pm Leppävirta Church
ORCHESTRAL OPENING
Helsinki Sinfonietta
Atso Almila, conductor
Erkki Lasonpalo, violin
Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto Nr. 4
*****
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony Nr. 1
Saturday 13 July 2024
2.00 pm Valamo Monastery
VALAMO AFTERNOON CONCERT
"May time heal your broken hearts”
Hedvig Paulig, soprano
Janne Malinen, guitar
Elias Nyman, violin
Ilmo Ranta, piano
Joel Papinoja, piano
Juhana Kotilainen, baritone
Damian Rees Songs for Aberfan — World Premiere
A Prelude and Three Songs for Aberfan
for voice and guitar Op. 67
Einojuhani Rautavaara Icons
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Souvenier d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
Saturday 13 July 2024
7.00 pm Kermankeidas
FESTIVAL CLUB — ”WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE OF KERMANKOSKI RAPIDS”
…to be enjoyed with the traditional Kermankeidas Pan-Fried Vendace "MUIKKU"
MUIKKU thriving in clean waters and mostly in reasonably large and deep lakes is one of the most significant and versatile food fish in Finland along with a few others such as whitefish. Enjoy!
Sunday 14 July 2024
5.00 pm Leppävirta Church
FESTIVAL CLOSING CONCERT
Helsinki Sinfonietta
Dominante Choir
Erkki Lasonpalo, conductor
Hedvig Paulig, soprano
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano
Markus Nykänen, tenor
Juha Kotilainen, baritone
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony Nr. 39
*****
Joseph Haydn The Missa in Angustiis — Mass for troubled times
/Nelson Mass Hob.XXII:11 d minor