Chamber Concert: Voices & Percussion
Fri 12 Feb 2016 7.00 pm
St Thomas’ Church, Pihlajatie 16, Helsinki
PERTTU HAAPANEN: Readymade Alice
SAMI KLEMOLA: Sostenuto
TIM FERCHEN: The Autumn; The Winter
etudes No. 2 and 3 from Etudes for Marimba vol. 1
MATTHEW WHITTALL: ad puram annihilationem meam
Antti Suoranta, percussion
Helsingin kamarikuoro
Nils Schweckendiek, conductor
For the first time, the Helsinki Chamber Choir performs as a whole in one of its regular chamber concerts at St Thomas’ Church. Matthew Whittall’s powerful and meditative work for choir and percussion contrasts with Perttu Haapanen’s playful yet serious look at the various meanings of Lewis Carroll’s Alice. Percussionist Antti Suoranta completes the programme with contrasting works for solo cymbal and marimba.
St Thomas’ Church and Meilahti Church
The 23-strong Finnish chorus was an unbeatable exponent of this piece [Rautavaara's Vigilia], showing not only their technical discipline but also a breathtaking range of sonorities.