5. Concert: La Belle Époque

Thu, June 11th at 20

Lauttasaari Church

• Olli Kortekangas (*1955): Le bonheur de vivre / Premiere

Marko Ylönen, cello

• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924): Cinq Mélodies "de Venise", op. 58 (1891)
  text Paul Verlaine

Emma Kajander, soprano
Mackenzie Melemed, piano

• Claude Debussy (1862–1918): String Quartet in G minor (1893)

  • I Animé et très décidé 

    II Assez vif et bien rythmé

    III Andantino, doucement expressif

    IV Très modéré – En animant peu à peu – Très mouvementé et avec passion

Quatuor Arod

• Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (1905)

Keigo Mukawa, piano

Debussy’s Clair de lune takes its name from a poem by Paul Verlaine, an important representative of symbolism and the Belle Époque period. Fauré composed a song cycle based on Verlaine’s poems, while Debussy’s quartet serves as a sonic analogy to Verlaine’s poetry.
The premiere of Olli Kortekangas’ Le bonheur de vivre adds a fine new work to the impressive canon of Finnish cello compositions.

Tickets 30 €, pensioners 25 €, students and children (7–17yo) 15 € + fee 1,5 €

Photo: Julien Benhamou / Quatuor Arod