A FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC “VIENNA” 30 MARCH–1 APRIL, 2012 The programmes have all been planned by the RSO’s own players. FRIDAY 30 MARCH 2012 Concert Hall at 7 pm Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 53 in D Major, “L’Imperiale” 22 min I Largo maestoso – Vivace II Andante III Menuetto IV Finale (Capriccio) Moderato Jari Valo, leader INTERVAL 20 min Franz Schubert: Octet in F Major, Op. posth. 166 60 min I Adagio – Allegro II Adagio III Allegro vivace IV Andante con variazioni (Theme (Andante) and 7 Variations) V Menuetto (Allegretto) VI Finale: Andante molto – Allegro – Andante molto - Allegro molto Christoffer Sundqvist, clarinet Otto Virtanen, bassoon Jukka Harju, French horn Petri Aarnio, violin Hannu Vasara, violin Camilla Koiso-Kanttila, viola Joel Laakso, cello Aapo Juutilainen, double bass Broadcast live on YLE Radio 1 and the Internet (yle.fi/rso). 1 FRIDAY 30 MARCH 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 9.30 pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in G Minor KV 478 26 min I Allegro II Andante III Rondeau Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60 35 min I Allegro non troppo II Scherzo (Allegro) III Andante IV Finale (Allegro comodo) Jari Valo, violin Tommi Aalto, viola Risto Poutanen, cello Naoko Ichihashi, piano SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 1 pm Franz Krommer: Piano Quartet E Flat Major, Op. 95 27 min I Allegro vivace II Largo III Allegro moderato Jouko Laivuori, piano Emma Vähälä, violin Olli Kilpiö, viola Mikko Ivars, cello Joseph Lanner: Adagio for String Quartet 10 min Petri Aarnio, violin Silja-Mari Heikinheimo, violin Olli Kilpiö, viola Mikko Ivars, cello 2 Johann Strauss, arr. Arnold Schönberg: Lagoon Waltz, Op. 411 for Piano, Harmonium and String Quartet 9 min Jouko Laivuori, piano József Hárs, harmonium Petri Aarnio, violin Silja-Mari Heikinheimo, violin Olli Kilpiö, viola Mikko Ivars, cello SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012 CHAMBER MUSIC FOR CHILDREN, “VIENNA DANCES ” Rehearsal Hall at 3 pm Sari Kallioranta, presenter Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76 No. 3 “Emperor Quartet” I Allegro Jukka Pohjola, violin Kaisa Kallinen, violin Camilla Koiso-Kanttila, viola Miika Uuksulainen, cello Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major KV 581 III Menuetto Kullervo Kojo, clarinet Jukka Pohjola, violin Kaisa Kallinen, violin Camilla Koiso-Kanttila, viola Miika Uuksulainen, cello Anton Webern: Drei kleine Stücke, Op. 11 for Cello and Piano Miika Uuksulainen, cello Jouko Laivuori, piano 3 Johann Strauss Jr: Neue Pizzicato-polka, Op. 449 Jukka Pohjola, violin Kaisa Kallinen, violin Camilla Koiso-Kanttila, viola Miika Uuksulainen, cello Aapo Juutilainen, double bass Johann Strauss Jr: An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 Hanna Kinnunen, flute Kullervo Kojo, clarinet Jukka Pohjola, violin Kaisa Kallinen, violin Camilla Koiso-Kanttila, viola Miika Uuksulainen, cello Aapo Juutilainen, double bass Jouko Laivuori, piano Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25 IV Rondo alla zingarese Jukka Pohjola, violin Camilla Koiso-Kanttila, viola Miika Uuksulainen, cello Jouko Laivuori, piano Duration appr. 45 min. SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 7 pm Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet in A Minor 11 min I Nicht zu schnell Annika Palas-Peltokallio, violin Jussi Tuhkanen, viola Eeva Rysä, cello Jouko Laivuori, piano 4 Arnold Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 28 min Sehr langsam – Breiter – Schwer betont – Sehr breit und langsam – Sehr ruhig Annika Palas-Peltokallio, violin Mirka Malmi, violin Camilla Koiso-Kanttila, viola Jussi Tuhkanen, viola Timo Alanen, cello Miika Uuksulainen, cello INTERVAL 15 min Alexander Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 42 min I Sehr massig- Heftig und leidenschaftlich- Andante mosso- Etwas rascher- II Adagio – III Schnell – IV Andante – Allegro Molto – Langsam – Andante Maria Puusaari, violin Mirka Malmi, violin Ritva Kaukola, viola Timo Alanen, cello 5 SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 9.30 pm Louis Spohr: Six German Songs Op. 103 22 min Sei still mein Herz Zwiegesang Sehnsucht Wiegenlied Das heimliche Lied Wach auf! Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano Kullervo Kojo, clarinet Jouko Laivuori, piano Franz Lachner: Nonet in F Major 33 min I Andante II Menuetto III Adagio IV Finale Emma Vähälä, violin Olli Kilpiö, viola Mikko Ivars, cello Teemu Kauppinen, double bass Eeva Heikkilä, flute Jorma Valjakka, oboe Tuulia Yönen, clarinet Jussi Särkkä, bassoon József Hárs, horn SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 1 pm Heinrich Ignaz Biber: Passacaglia 9 min Laura Vikman, violin 6 Ernst Křenek: Four Pieces for Oboe and Piano 8 min Päivi Kärkäs, oboe Jouko Laivuori, piano Anton Webern: Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7 5 min Sehr langsam Rasch Sehr langsam Bewegt Pasi Eerikäinen, violin Jouko Laivuori piano Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in A Major, Op. 78 “Schöne Minka” Introduction, theme and variations 15 min Hanna-Kaarina Heikinheimo flute Tuija Rantamäki, cello Jouko Laivuori piano Franz Schmidt: Drei kleine Fantasiestücke for Cello and Piano 10 min Allegretto Allegretto con moto Allegretto Vivace Timo Alanen, cello Jouko Laivuori, piano Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Balletto à 4 “Die Fechtschule” 10 min Aria 1 – Aria 2 – Sarabande – Courente – Fechtschule – Bader Aria Laura Vikman, violin Hannu Vasara, violin Riitta-Liisa Ristiluoma, viola Jukka Rautasalo, cello Jouko Laivuori, harpsichord 7 SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 3 pm Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op.1 No. 1 31 min I Allegro II Adagio cantabile III Scherzo (Allegro assai) – Trio IV Finale (Presto) Jouko Laivuori, piano Kaisa Kallinen, violin Eeva Rysä, cello Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Sextet, Op. 10 32 min I Moderato-Allegro II Adagio III Intermezzo (Moderato con grazia) IV Finale (Presto) Petri Aarnio, violin Kaisa Kallinen, violin Jussi Tuhkanen, viola Martta Tolonen, viola Miika Uuksulainen, cello Eeva Rysä, cello SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 7 pm Johannes Brahms: Trio for French Horn, Violin and Piano i n E Flat Major, Op. 40 29 min I Andante II Scherzo: Allegro III Adagio mesto IV Finale: Allegro con brio Jukka Harju, horn Reeta Maalismaa, violin Jouko Laivuori, piano INTERVAL 15 min 8 Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, Op. posth. 163 48 min I Allegro ma non troppo II Adagio III Scherzo IV Allegretto Taija Angervo, violin Maaria Leino, violin Ilari Angervo, viola Joel Laakso, cello Mikko Ivars, cello MUSIC CENTRE VIENNA Vienna has long been one of the world’s sing movement, swordsmen later bat- most undisputed centres of music. hing their wounds. It has been the home of more great composers than probably any other city on earth, and it has lent its name THE GOLDEN AGE OF to many a trend or genre. Such institu- VIENNESE CLASSICISM: tions as the Vienna Philharmonic and HAYDN, MOZART, the Vienna State Opera, which enjoy BEETHOVEN, KROMMER an almost mythical status, have further added their own special radiance to the AND HUMMEL city. Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) is often MASTERS OF THE regarded as the father of Viennese VIENNESE BAROQUE: Classicism. He compiled his Symphony No. 53, “L’Imperiale”, from pieces of ear- SCHMELZER lier works in the late 1770s. One of the most celebrated musicians Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756– employed at the courts of Ferdinand 1791) moved to Vienna in summer 1781. and Leopold was the Austrian com- His status mainly as a ‘freelancer’, i.e. poser and violinist Johann Heinrich without a regular position at court, he- Schmelzer (b. 1620–23, d. 1680). He ralded a new era among composers. wrote many ballet suites, one of which The third great Viennese Classicist, was Die Fechtschule describing in vivid Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), tones a fencing school and, in the clo- settled in Vienna in 1792, less than a 9 year after Mozart’s death. The Piano ELEGANCE IN THE REIGN Trio in E Flat is in his first published OF FRANZ JOSEPH: opus (1795) and was just the first step along a road that would radically chan- LANNER, THE STRAUSSES, ge the course of music. BRAHMS, BRUCKNER, Moravian Franz Krommer (1759– SCHMIDT 1831) was the last official court com- poser to the Habsburg emperors. He Light music was very much a feature wrote a large volume of chamber mu- of the musical charm of Vienna under sic, including the Piano Quartet publis- Emperor Franz Joseph. The Viennese hed in 1817. Waltz is inextricably linked with the Another popular master in his day musical Strauss family, but slightly be- and one renowned for his piano mu- fore them Joseph Lanner (1801–1843) sic in particular was Johann Nepomuk had already been making the dance fit Hummer (1778–1837). The core of his for the salons. The Adagio for string Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in A quartet is a good example of his feel Major, Op. 78 consists of a set of va- for melody. riations on the Ukrainian folk song Lanner’s biggest rival as the early “Schöne Minka”. king of the Viennese Waltz was Johann Strauss Sr (1804–1849), a player in his FROM CLASSICAL TO orchestra. But they were both to be ROMANTIC: SCHUBERT, outshone by the best-known member of the Strauss dynasty, Johann Strauss SPOHR, LACHNER Jr (1825–1899). The Lagoon Waltz Chamber music gradually became (1883) is based on his operetta Eine more popular at public concerts. The Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice). Octet – one of the greatest chamber Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was works by Franz Schubert (1797–1828) born in Hamburg but moved to Vienna. – was composed in 1824 for a concert He wrote his Trio for French Horn, by Ferdinand Troyer, a clarinettist. The Violin and Piano in E Flat Major, Op. 40 profound, monumental String Quintet soon after arriving in Vienna, in 1865. in C of 1828 was to be Schubert’s last His Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op.