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A FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC “VIENNA” 30 MARCH–1 APRIL, 2012The programmes have all been planned by the RSO’s own players.

FRIDAY 30 MARCH 2012 Concert Hall at 7 pm

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 53 in D Major, “L’Imperiale” 22 minI Largo maestoso – Vivace II AndanteIII Menuetto IV Finale (Capriccio) Moderato

Jari Valo, leader

INTERVAL 20 min

Franz Schubert: Octet in F Major, Op. posth. 166 60 minI Adagio – AllegroII AdagioIII Allegro vivaceIV Andante con variazioni (Theme (Andante) and 7 Variations)V Menuetto (Allegretto)VI Finale: Andante molto – Allegro – Andante molto - Allegro molto

Christoffer Sundqvist, clarinetOtto Virtanen, bassoon Jukka Harju, French horn Petri Aarnio, violin Hannu Vasara, violin Camilla Koiso-Kanttila, viola Joel Laakso, cello Aapo Juutilainen, double bass

Broadcast live on YLE Radio 1 and the Internet (yle.fi/rso).

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FRIDAY 30 MARCH 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 9.30 pm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in G Minor KV 478 26 minI AllegroII AndanteIII Rondeau Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60 35 minI Allegro non troppoII Scherzo (Allegro)III AndanteIV Finale (Allegro comodo)

Jari Valo, violinTommi Aalto, violaRisto Poutanen, celloNaoko Ichihashi, piano

SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 1 pm

Franz Krommer: Piano Quartet E Flat Major, Op. 95 27 minI Allegro vivaceII LargoIII Allegro moderato Jouko Laivuori, pianoEmma Vähälä, violin Olli Kilpiö, viola Mikko Ivars, cello

Joseph Lanner: Adagio for String Quartet 10 min

Petri Aarnio, violinSilja-Mari Heikinheimo, violin Olli Kilpiö, viola Mikko Ivars, cello

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Johann Strauss, arr. Arnold Schönberg: Lagoon Waltz, Op. 411 for Piano, Harmonium and String Quartet 9 min

Jouko Laivuori, piano József Hárs, harmoniumPetri Aarnio, violinSilja-Mari Heikinheimo, violin Olli Kilpiö, viola Mikko Ivars, cello

SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012CHAMBER MUSIC FOR CHILDREN, “VIENNA DANCES ” Rehearsal Hall at 3 pm

Sari Kallioranta, presenter

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76 No. 3 “Emperor Quartet”I Allegro Jukka Pohjola, violinKaisa Kallinen, violinCamilla Koiso-Kanttila, violaMiika Uuksulainen, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major KV 581III Menuetto Kullervo Kojo, clarinetJukka Pohjola, violinKaisa Kallinen, violinCamilla Koiso-Kanttila, violaMiika Uuksulainen, cello

Anton Webern: Drei kleine Stücke, Op. 11 for Cello and Piano Miika Uuksulainen, celloJouko Laivuori, piano

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Johann Strauss Jr: Neue Pizzicato-polka, Op. 449 Jukka Pohjola, violinKaisa Kallinen, violinCamilla Koiso-Kanttila, violaMiika Uuksulainen, celloAapo Juutilainen, double bass

Johann Strauss Jr: An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

Hanna Kinnunen, fluteKullervo Kojo, clarinetJukka Pohjola, violinKaisa Kallinen, violinCamilla Koiso-Kanttila, violaMiika Uuksulainen, celloAapo Juutilainen, double bassJouko Laivuori, piano

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25IV Rondo alla zingarese

Jukka Pohjola, violinCamilla Koiso-Kanttila, violaMiika Uuksulainen, celloJouko Laivuori, piano

Duration appr. 45 min.

SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 7 pm

Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet in A Minor 11 min I Nicht zu schnell Annika Palas-Peltokallio, violin Jussi Tuhkanen, viola Eeva Rysä, cello Jouko Laivuori, piano

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Arnold Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 28 min Sehr langsam – Breiter – Schwer betont – Sehr breit und langsam – Sehr ruhig Annika Palas-Peltokallio, violin Mirka Malmi, violin Camilla Koiso-Kanttila, viola Jussi Tuhkanen, viola Timo Alanen, cello Miika Uuksulainen, cello

INTERVAL 15 min

Alexander Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 42 min I Sehr massig- Heftig und leidenschaftlich- Andante mosso- Etwas rascher- II Adagio – III Schnell – IV Andante – Allegro Molto – Langsam – Andante Maria Puusaari, violin Mirka Malmi, violin Ritva Kaukola, viola Timo Alanen, cello

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SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 9.30 pm

Louis Spohr: Six German Songs Op. 103 22 minSei still mein Herz Zwiegesang Sehnsucht Wiegenlied Das heimliche Lied Wach auf! Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano Kullervo Kojo, clarinet Jouko Laivuori, piano

Franz Lachner: Nonet in F Major 33 minI Andante II Menuetto III Adagio IV Finale Emma Vähälä, violin Olli Kilpiö, viola Mikko Ivars, cello Teemu Kauppinen, double bass Eeva Heikkilä, flute Jorma Valjakka, oboe Tuulia Yönen, clarinet Jussi Särkkä, bassoon József Hárs, horn

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 1 pm

Heinrich Ignaz Biber: Passacaglia 9 min Laura Vikman, violin

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Ernst Křenek: Four Pieces for Oboe and Piano 8 min Päivi Kärkäs, oboeJouko Laivuori, piano

Anton Webern: Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7 5 min Sehr langsamRasch Sehr langsam Bewegt Pasi Eerikäinen, violinJouko Laivuori piano

Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in A Major, Op. 78 “Schöne Minka” Introduction, theme and variations 15 min Hanna-Kaarina Heikinheimo fluteTuija Rantamäki, celloJouko Laivuori piano

Franz Schmidt: Drei kleine Fantasiestücke for Cello and Piano 10 min Allegretto Allegretto con moto Allegretto Vivace Timo Alanen, celloJouko Laivuori, piano

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Balletto à 4 “Die Fechtschule” 10 min Aria 1 – Aria 2 – Sarabande – Courente – Fechtschule – Bader Aria Laura Vikman, violin Hannu Vasara, violinRiitta-Liisa Ristiluoma, violaJukka Rautasalo, cello Jouko Laivuori, harpsichord

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SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 3 pm

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Op.1 No. 1 31 minI AllegroII Adagio cantabileIII Scherzo (Allegro assai) – TrioIV Finale (Presto)

Jouko Laivuori, pianoKaisa Kallinen, violinEeva Rysä, cello

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Sextet, Op. 10 32 minI Moderato-AllegroII AdagioIII Intermezzo (Moderato con grazia)IV Finale (Presto)

Petri Aarnio, violinKaisa Kallinen, violin Jussi Tuhkanen, violaMartta Tolonen, violaMiika Uuksulainen, celloEeva Rysä, cello

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2012 Rehearsal Hall at 7 pm

Johannes Brahms: Trio for French Horn, Violin and Piano in E Flat Major, Op. 40 29 minI AndanteII Scherzo: AllegroIII Adagio mestoIV Finale: Allegro con brio

Jukka Harju, horn Reeta Maalismaa, violinJouko Laivuori, piano

INTERVAL 15 min

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Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, Op. posth. 163 48 minI Allegro ma non troppo II AdagioIII ScherzoIV Allegretto

Taija Angervo, violin Maaria Leino, violinIlari Angervo, violaJoel Laakso, celloMikko Ivars, cello

MUSIC CENTRE VIENNAVienna has long been one of the world’s most undisputed centres of music. It has been the home of more great composers than probably any other city on earth, and it has lent its name to many a trend or genre. Such institu-tions as the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera, which enjoy an almost mythical status, have further added their own special radiance to the city.

MASTERS OF THE VIENNESE BAROQUE: SCHMELZER One of the most celebrated musicians employed at the courts of Ferdinand and Leopold was the Austrian com-poser and violinist Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (b. 1620–23, d. 1680). He wrote many ballet suites, one of which was Die Fechtschule describing in vivid tones a fencing school and, in the clo-

sing movement, swordsmen later bat-hing their wounds.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF VIENNESE CLASSICISM: HAYDN, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, KROMMER AND HUMMEL

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) is often regarded as the father of Viennese Classicism. He compiled his Symphony No. 53, “L’Imperiale”, from pieces of ear-lier works in the late 1770s.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) moved to Vienna in summer 1781. His status mainly as a ‘freelancer’, i.e. without a regular position at court, he-ralded a new era among composers.

The third great Viennese Classicist, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), settled in Vienna in 1792, less than a

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year after Mozart’s death. The Piano Trio in E Flat is in his first published opus (1795) and was just the first step along a road that would radically chan-ge the course of music.

Moravian Franz Krommer (1759–1831) was the last official court com-poser to the Habsburg emperors. He wrote a large volume of chamber mu-sic, including the Piano Quartet publis-hed in 1817.

Another popular master in his day and one renowned for his piano mu-sic in particular was Johann Nepomuk Hummer (1778–1837). The core of his Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in A Major, Op. 78 consists of a set of va-riations on the Ukrainian folk song “Schöne Minka”.

FROM CLASSICAL TO ROMANTIC: SCHUBERT, SPOHR, LACHNERChamber music gradually became more popular at public concerts. The Octet – one of the greatest chamber works by Franz Schubert (1797–1828) – was composed in 1824 for a concert by Ferdinand Troyer, a clarinettist. The profound, monumental String Quintet in C of 1828 was to be Schubert’s last large-scale work.

Louis (Ludwig) Spohr (1784–1859) was one of Schubert’s most celebra-ted contemporaries. He wrote his Six German Songs, Op. 103 in 1837. He also composed a nonet for winds and strings that many composers used as a model for their own works. One of these was Franz Lachner (1803–1890), who wrote his nonet in 1875 while li-ving in Munich.

ELEGANCE IN THE REIGN OF FRANZ JOSEPH: LANNER, THE STRAUSSES, BRAHMS, BRUCKNER, SCHMIDT

Light music was very much a feature of the musical charm of Vienna under Emperor Franz Joseph. The Viennese Waltz is inextricably linked with the musical Strauss family, but slightly be-fore them Joseph Lanner (1801–1843) had already been making the dance fit for the salons. The Adagio for string quartet is a good example of his feel for melody.

Lanner’s biggest rival as the early king of the Viennese Waltz was Johann Strauss Sr (1804–1849), a player in his orchestra. But they were both to be outshone by the best-known member of the Strauss dynasty, Johann Strauss Jr (1825–1899). The Lagoon Waltz (1883) is based on his operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice).

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was born in Hamburg but moved to Vienna. He wrote his Trio for French Horn, Violin and Piano in E Flat Major, Op. 40 soon after arriving in Vienna, in 1865. His Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60 was possibly originally inspired by his love for the pianist wife, Clara, of his early mentor Robert Schumann.

Brahms was to influence many of his contemporaries and successors. Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), for example, be-gan his career along the road mapped out by Brahms, and in the little yout-hful Fantasias (1892) presented his own variation on the style of Brahms’s Hungarian Dances.

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TOWARDS THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE: MAHLER, ZEMLINSKY, SCHÖNBERG, WEBERN, KORNGOLD, KŘENEK

One of the greatest musicians in Vienna during the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was Gustav Mahler (1860–1911). His core output comprised symphonies and orchestral song cycles, and his chamber music was confined mainly to a few youthful works. One of these is the slightly Brahms-sounding, one-movement Piano Quintet in A Minor of 1876.

Among the younger Viennese com-posers who in one way or another came into contact with Mahler were Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942), Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951), Anton Webern (1883–1945) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957).

The string sextet Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night, 1899) by Arnold Schönberg is based on a poem by Richard Dehmel in which a woman con-fesses to her lover that she is pregnant with another’s child. Verklärte Nacht was the first step along the path that led Schönberg to abandon the concept of key and, in the 1920s, to create what is known as “12-note technique”.

In the music of Anton Webern the re-jection of keys led to the aphoristic, infi-nitely compressed idiom of such works as the Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7 (1910). By contrast, Zemlinsky ar-rived at a completely different, large-scale and impassioned mode of expres-sion in his String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 (1913–15).

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was, like Mozart and Mendelssohn, one of the greatest child prodigies in the history of music. To his father’s relief, he did not go as far as atonality and instead confined himself to a rich, late-Roman-tic style. One of the radiant chamber-music manifestations of this is the String Sextet (1914) composed on the eve of the First World War.

Ernst Křenek (1900–1991) was born in Vienna and is best known for his jazz-influenced opera Jonny spielt auf (1926). In 1938 he emigrated to the United States, where he composed a set of four little pieces for oboe and piano in 1966.

Kimmo Korhonen (abridged)

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THE FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) is the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE). Its mis-sion is to produce and promote Finnish musical culture. Its Chief Conductor since 2003 has been Sakari Oramo. The new Chief Conductor as of autumn 2013 will be Hannu Lintu, following a season (2012/2013) as the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor. Jukka-Pekka Saraste, now the orchestra’s Honorary Conductor, was Chief Conductor 1987-2001 and still collaborates closely with the orchestra.

The Radio Orchestra of ten players founded in 1927 grew to symphony or-

chestra strength in the 1960s. Its previ-ous Chief Conductors have been Toivo Haapanen, Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu, Leif Segerstam and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

The latest contemporary music is a major item in the repertoire of the FRSO, which each year premieres a number of YLE commissions. Another of the orchestra’s tasks is to record all Finnish orchestral music for the YLE ar-chive.

With Sakari Oramo the orches-tra has recorded music by Bartók, Hakola, Saariaho, Respighi, Kaipainen, Kokkonen and others, and the de-but disc of the opera Aslak Hetta by Armas Launis. The FRSO disc (Ondine) of Symphonies 3 & 5 by Nordgren won the Académie Charles Cros Award in 2000, and that of Magnus Lindberg’s Clarinet Concerto the BBC Music Magazine Award in 2006. That of the Sibelius and Lindberg Violin Concertos (Sony BMG) with Lisa Batiashvili as the soloist received the MIDEM Classical Award in 2008, in which year the New York Times chose the other Lindberg disc as its Record of the Year.

The FRSO regularly tours to all parts of the world and has so far giv-en over 300 concerts abroad. During the 2011/2012 season its foreign en-gagements include an appearance at the prestigious Beethoven Festival in Bonn and a concert at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

All the FRSO concerts both in Finland and abroad are broadcast, usually live, on YLE Radio 1. They can also be heard the world over via the Internet (yle.fi/rso).