SEASON SERIES CONCERT 5: IN PARADISUM
Thursday 27.03.2025 at 6pm
At 5.30 Atrium
PRE-TALK
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Shiyeon Sung, conductor
Mari Palo, soprano
Petteri Salomaa, baritone
Sibelius Academy choirs from Kuopio and Helsinki,
choir masters Saara Aittakumpu and Jani Sivén
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam of Benjamin Britten
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem
Ravel dedicated Pavane to a patron and sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer, later known as Princess Edmond de Polignac. It is not a funeral song for a recently deceased princess, but a song dedicated to “a princess from the past”.
Le Tombeau de Couperin (Couperin’s Tomb) is a six-movement composition for piano by Maurice Ravel. Ravel dedicated parts of it to his friends who died in World War 1. The composition is inspired by the dance styles of the Baroque period of the 1700s and by composers, to whom it is also a tribute.
The news of Benjamin Britten’s death in 1976 touched Arvo Pärt deeply. The composer has said: “I had just found Britten in myself. Just before his death, I began to appreciate the unusual purity of his music— I had a similar impression of purity in Guillaume de Machaut’s ballads. And I had wanted to meet Britten in person for a long time – and now I didn’t have the chance.” At that time, Pärt was finishing an elegiac orchestral piece, which he decided to dedicate to the memory of his deceased colleague, respecting and admiring his work.
November 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré’s death. Requiem is one of Fauré’s best-known compositions and was also performed at his funeral. The passage of parts of Fauré’s Requiem differs significantly from the standard of liturgical texts. Fauré included two new movements, the lyrical Pie Jesu and the transcendental In Paradisum with its soaring vocal lines. He also left out Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum. The prevailing mood is calmness and serenity. The work has often been called the Requiem without the Last Judgment. Now we get to perform the work together with magnificent soloists and the Sibelius Academy Choirs from both Kuopio and Helsinki.
The concert is included in the Season Series Ticket and Mini Series Ticket 1.
Produced by the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
SEASON SERIES TICKET
Including 8 concerts:
23.1. – 6.2. – 27.2. – 20.3. – 27.3. – 3.4. – 16.4. – 16.5.
Early Bird price: 200 € / 160 € senior citizens
Available for purchase: 7.11. – 9.12.
Normal price: 220 € / 179 € senior citizens
Available for purchase: 10.12. – 23.1.
MINI SERIES TICKETS 1 AND 2
Mini Series 1
Including 4 concerts: 23.1. – 27.2. – 27.3. – 16.4.
Mini Series 2
Including 4 concerts: 6.2. – 20.3. – 3.4. – 16.5.
Early Bird price: 110 / 90 € senior citizens
Available for purchase: 7.11. – 9.12.
Normal price: 120 € / 95 € senior citizens
Available for purchase:
Mini Series 1 10.12. – 23.1.
Mini Series 2 10.12. – 6.2.
Individual tickets:
33 € / 27 € senior citizens and groups min. 20 persons / 11 € children under the age of 16 and students
Available for purchase starting from 7.11.2024.
4 € concert day discount ticket for students and young people under the age of 20 (available for purchase on the concert day at the Kuopio Music Centre Ticket Office)
Season Series Tickets and Mini Series Tickets available at:
Kuopio Music Centre Ticket Sales, Lippupiste ticket outlets around the country and www.lippu.fi
Individual tickets: The above mentioned and also Kuopio City Theatre Ticket Sales.
Prices include the Kuopio Music Centre service fee 2 € / ticket. The service fees vary depending on the place of purchase.