Biblican songs

Performers

Mikkelin kaupunginorkesteri

Erkki Lasonpalo, conductor

Esa Ruuttunen, baritone

Program

Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904): Biblical Songs
Kari Tikka (1946-2022): Armolaulu
Antonin Dvořák: Serenade for strings
Ida Moberg (1859-1947): Stillhet

Introduction

St. Michel Strings will perform in the concert under the baton of Erkki Lasonpalo, with baritone Esa Ruuttunen as their soloist. The program features national romantic, flowing orchestral music and serene vocal works.

St. Michel Strings will interpret Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings, a romantic era composition influenced by folk music, as well as Ida Moberg’s Stillhet. Moberg, who studied in Dresden and Berlin, was one of the first symphonists of Finland.

Esa Ruuttunen, who has had a comprehensive opera career both in Finland and internationally, served as a pastor at Helsinki’s Temppeliaukio Church for 10 years before his music career. Dvořák’s Biblical Songs have been present on Ruuttunen’s career for decades. In order to perform the whole cycle, Ruuttunen translated the last five of the songs into Finnish himself.

The psalm poems that are over two thousand years old, receive both a delicate and a powerful colours and interpretation in Dvořák’s compositions. His musical language features beautiful melodies, echoing influences from the American gospel music of his new homeland, as well as elements of Czech folk music.
—Esa Ruuttunen

The concert will be held at Anttola Church as part of the Mikkeli Music Festival’s Veej’jakaja Leader project that is co-funded by the European Union.

Duration 1h 15 min, no intermission

Tickets

49€ / 39€ (children) + order fee (from €1.50 + 0.65% of the order)

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