10 February 2010 WEDNESDAY SERIES 12 / MUSIC ON THE WAR Helsinki, Finlandia Hall at 7:00 pm Hannu Lintu, conductor Juha Uusitalo, bass-baritone Uuno Klami: Song of Lake Kuujärvi Bohuslav Martinu: Memorial to Lidice Gustav Mahler: Der Schildwache Nachtlied Gustav Mahler: Der Tamboursg'sell Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler Live broadcasting in YLE Radio 1 and the internet. More information (in Finnish)

NEW SAARIAHO, JACOB’S LADDER AND MAHLER JUBILEE IN THE FORTHCOMING FRSO SEASON

Season tickets for the whole 2009–2010 season and the autumn 2009 season will be on sale from 7 May to 16 August 2009 at Lippupiste sales points. Season tickets for the spring 2010 season will be on sale 1-24 December 2009. Order a free programme for the season

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Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo
The Conductor of Honour Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Five works commissioned by YLE are to be premiered during the season 2009–2010: Flute Concerto by Lotta Wennäkoski, Moon Concerto by Mikko Heiniö, The Ravine by Olli Virtaperko, Ollin oppivuodet by Harri Vuori, ad Astra bby Ville Matvejeff and Symphony No. 1 by Kimmo Hakola. First performances in Finland include for example Schönberg’s Jakobsleiter and Die Glückliche Hand, Levitation by Peter Eötvös and Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica.

The jubilee season in 2002 began with the publication of a history of the FRSO by Antero Karttunen.

FRSO BACK STAGE PHOTOS BY PEKKA SAARINEN