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Psykodrama à la Wienerschule

Leif Segerstam, conductor
Jenni Lättilä, soprano
Sami Saikkonen, dancer
Ville Saukkonen, director
Timo Ollila, lighting designer

Arnold Schönberg: Erwartung op. 17
Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen, Four Legends for Orchestra op. 22

A woman wanders in the woods in the dark of night, searching for her lover. Suddenly she discovers a dead body...

The anniversary year of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra opens with a stunning staged version of Arnold Schönberg’s notorious monodrama Erwartung. The macabre narrative in the celebrated soprano part will be performed by Jenni Lättilä, with dancer Sami Saikkonen as the absent lover. Marking the beginning of the 150th anniversary year of composer Jean Sibelius, the programme concludes with one of his perennial favourites, the Lemminkäinen cycle.

 

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