A versatile programme in Turku

By Olli Lehtonen, 18 March 2017

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Reviewed at Turku Concert Hall, Turku on 16 March 2017

García Abril, Cantos de pleamar

Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18

Schumann, Symphony no. 4 in D minor, Op.120

Juhani Lagerspetz, Piano

Ari Rasilainen, Conductor

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Turku's new harp debuts in Rautavaara and Mozart

Olli Lehtonen, 27th January

New harp of the Turku Concert Hall had its first outing in a concert with a diverse program featuring a duet with flute and harp and Schoenberg’s sinister Verklärte Nacht.

***11

Sauna, sisu and Sibelius: Independence day gala concert in Turku Concert Hall

Olli Lehtonen, 6th December

Turku Philharmonic with conductor Atso Almila joined the Finland's 99th indepence day jubilee in a concert flourishing with national feeling.

***11

Danse macabre: Barnabas Kelemen's dark Shostakovich

Olli Lehtonen, 17th November

Barnabás Kelemen gave a strong performance of Shostakovich to last a dark polar night in Turku.

***11

Olli Mustonen: Wunderkind still going strong

Olli Lehtonen, 4th November

On Friday evening, the first snow cast its veil over my hometown. Despite the frost, Olli Mustonen’s concert at the Turku Concert Hall got people on the move.

****1

Maximum: Slavic Night in Turku

Olli Lehtonen, 8th September

The Turku Philharmonic showcases some of the finest work from 20th-century Slavic composers.

Back to Bogotá for Brahms, Schubert and the Schumanns

Laurence Vittes, 19th April

The sound in Schumann's “Rhenish” was satisfyingly dense, rich and passionate, and the horns once more made great sailing of all their magnificent solos.

*****

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Olli Lehtonen

Olli Lehtonen is a sixth year musicology student and a Bachelor of Arts from Turku, Finland. Although Olli has a popular music background he has a vast knowledge of classical music thanks to his studies and hobby. Apart from popular and classical music his passion is film music that goes way back to Western classical music tradition. His specialities are orchestral pieces of the Romantic Era and 20th-century modernists. In his free time he watches films, plays in different bands and goes to concerts both local and out of town.

Ari Rasilainen leads a versatile programme in Turku