Welcome to the Opening of Our New Season!
​
We invite you to an evening where masterful elegance meets raw energy, and timeless beauty bridges the classical and the contemporary.
​
The concert opens with West Coast Sky Eternal by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid – a luminous work in which soundscapes shift and shimmer like sunlight on ocean waves. Reid's music flows effortlessly between the intimate and the monumental, drawing us into a mesmerizing, almost hypnotic world.
​
At the heart of the program is Mozart’s Violin Concerto in A major, with our artistic director Pekka Kuusisto as soloist. Renowned for his distinctive interpretations and boundless musicality, Kuusisto brings new life and playful vitality to this beloved masterpiece, rich in elegance, virtuosity, and charm.
​
We close the evening with Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 – a powerful orchestral work that deserves far greater recognition. A pioneering composer of the 19th century, Farrenc’s music fuses Beethovenian drive with Romantic lyricism, offering a symphonic finale that is both grand and deeply expressive.
​
Join us as we launch the season with a program full of bold energy and the thrill of discovery.
Tuesday 9 September 7pm
Universitetets Aula
​
Program
Ellen Reid
West Coast Sky Eternal
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fiolinkonsert nr. 5 i A-dur
Louise Farrenc
Symfoni nr. 3
​
Medvirkende
Pekka Kuusisto kunstnerisk leder / solist
