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

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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

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Joseph Haydn The Missa in Angustiis — Mass for troubled times
/Nelson Mass Hob.XXII:11 d minor

Programme 2025

WEDNESDAY 9.7.2025

Heinävesi market square | 16.00

"AVAUSPUHALLUS"

Vaskiseitsikko Novus

Onni Pietilä, es-kornetti | Mikko Mikkola, kornetti | Emmi Savolainen, kornetti | Matias Parikka, alttotorvi | Lauri Kilpinen, tenoritorvi |Aksel Salmioranta, baritonitorvi | Joel Wendelin, tuuba | Lauri Pekkarinen, lyömäsoittimet

THURSDAY 10.7.2025

Heinävesi church | 19.00

HEINÄVESI CHURCH OPENING CONCERT
Melartin, Madetoja, Brahms, Ravel, Rautavaara

Juha Kotilainen ja ystävät | Hedvig Paulig, Ilmo Ranta, Elias Nyman, Janne Malinen, Joel Papinoja
Vaskiseitsikko Novus

FRIDAY 11.7.2025

Heinävesi church | 19.00

Mozart – Alkusoitto oopperasta Taikahuilu
Weber – Concertino klarinetille ja orkesterille
Almila – Sodan soutumies

Helsinki Sinfonietta | Atso Almila, kapellimestari
Vivian Neff, klarinetti | Juha Kotilainen, baritoni

SATURDAY 12.7.2025

Valamo Monastery | 15:00

Aulis Sallinen – Tuulinen talvi Provencessa
Arvo Pärt, Carl Blum, Brahms

Hedvig Paulig, Ilmo Ranta, Elias Nyman, Janne Malinen,
Joel Papinoja, Juhana Kotilainen

Kermankoski stage | 19.30

”Rakkaudella, Jorma ja Helena”

Jorma Uotinen, Helena Lindgren ja Trio Avec

SUNDAY 13.7.2025

Heinävesi church | 17.00

Mendelssohn – Hebridit-alkusoitto
Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem

Helsinki Sinfonietta | Dominante-kuoro
Erkki Lasonpalo, kapellimestari
Tuuli Takala, sopraano | Juha Kotilainen, baritoni

Kermankeidas | 19.30

Päätöskaronkka

Evening club - with artists from the festival

Programme 2023

THURSDAY 29 JUNE 2023

5.00 pm Heinävesi Market Place

HELSINKI SINFONIETTA PHILHARMONIC BRASS

THURSDAY 29 JUNE 2023

8.00 pm Heinävesi Church

LIED- AND CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT — ENCOUNTERS I

Monica Groop, mezzosoprano, Marika Hölttä, soprano, Erkki Lasonpalo, violin

Juha Kotilainen, baritone, Ilmo Ranta, piano

FRIDAY 30 JUNE 2023

1.30 pm Säynämö Chapel

AFTERNOON CONCERT "ALONG THE NARROW AND WINDING WATERWAYS"
in the  National Lanscape of the Heinävesi Route

Janne Malinen, guitar & Colleagues of the Vivo Symphony Orchestra

Säynämö 60th Anniversary Celebration 2023.
Experience the unique historic Heinävesi route along the Lake Saimaa — one of the most beautiful landscapes in Finland One-day cruise from Savonlinna to Säynämö and Heinävesi: 8.50 am Savonlinna — Concert in Säynämö 1.30 pm —
2.50 pm Säynämö —6.20 pm Heinävesi —7 pm Concert in Heinävesi Church
More Information Heinävesi Travel Bureau +358 40 710 1919

FRIDAY 30 JUNE 2023

7.00 pm Heinävesi Church

ORCHESTRAL OPENING − VIVO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / ERKKI LASONPALO

Vivo Symphony Orchestra

Erkki Lasonpalo, conductor

Luminos Ensemble

Marika Hölttä, soprano
Monica Groop, mezzosoprano

Alli Mankkinen, cello

Antonio Vivaldi GLORIA RV 589

Max Bruch Kol Nidrei, op. 47

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Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C-minor, Op. 67

SATURDAY 1 JUNE 2023

3.00 pm Heinävesi Parish Hall

LIED- AND CHAMBER CONCERT — ENCOUNTERS II

Marika Hölttä, soprano, Ilmo Ranta, piano

Juhana Kotilainen, baritone, Joel Papinoja, piano

SATURDAY 1 JULY 2023

6.00 pm & 8.00 Kermankosken lava - Festival Club at the Open Air Dancing Pavillon Kermankoski

6.00 - 7.00 FESTIVAL CLUB — Set'Akat Sari Kaasinen, Mari Kaasinen & Karoliina Kantelinen

Their roots in the Karelia Region of Finland, specifically in women's vocal traditions Set'Akat celebrates the Karelian Folkmusic in the powerful Kalevala Tradition.

7.00 Traditional Pan-Fried Vendace "MUIKKU" (also called “white fish”) frying.
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!

8.00 FESTIVAL CLUB CELEBRATION — Philharmonic Brass Helsinki Sinfonietta & Festival Artists!

SUNDAY 2 JULY 2023

5.00 pm Heinävesi Church

ORCHESTRAL FESTIVAL CLOSING CONCERT VIVO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Vivo Symphony Orchestra

Erkki Lasonpalo, conductor

Juha Kotilainen, baritone

Hugo Alfvén Vallflickans dans — Shepherd-Girl's Dance from Bergakungen Suite Op. 37

Edvard Grieg Den Bergtekne Op. 32

Jean Sibelius Koskenlaskijan morsiamet Op. 33 — The Rapids-Shooter's Brides
—ballad for baritone and orchestra

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Jean Sibelius Lemminkäinen Op. 22  (Four Legends)

No. 1 Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of Saari

No. 2 (until 1947 no. 3) The Swan of Tuonela.

No. 3 (until 1947 no. 2) Lemminkäinen in Tuonela

No. 4 Lemminkäinen’s Return