PAST PERFORMANCES
We are proud to have our works been performed over the years. Browse over the list of past performances and please join us in our upcoming events!
September 26, 2020
Laura Netzel -festival 2024
Our fourth Laura Netzel -festival in Rantasalmi.
Violinist Lev Berkovskiy, pianist Juan Pablo Muñoz Bulla, soloists Johanna Takalo (soprano), Minna Raassina (altto), Benjamin Klemettinen (tenori), Olli-Tapio Tikkanen (basso), Nomad Vocals and other musicians. Premiere of Petteri Nieminen's orchestration of Laura Netzel's Stabat Mater and other pieces of mainly female composers.
December 1, 2023
Pappilan joulu
Christmas songs and vocals music from female composers. Piano Juho Purontaus, harp Katilyne Roels, flute Outi Nieminen, singing and ocarina Kauri Pylkkänen, singing Minna Raassina. Premiere of Minna Raassina's christmas songs.
11.-13.8.2023
Laura Netzel -festival 2023
A three day festival of classical music in Rantasalmi. Supported by South Savo Regional Fund. Quartet ILME, Nomad Vocals, Ensemble Kuohu, Takapotku and other musicians. Premiere of Ida Moberg's Miniatur för orkester and first time in Finland Laura Netzel's Fantaisie to the text by King Oskar II for recitation and orchestra.
1.-2.4.2023
Kuoleman ja elämän lauluja
(Songs Of Death And Life)
Premiere of restored version of Helvi Leiviskä's Piano concerto in d-major, soloist Oliver Triendl from Germany. Also premieres of Morfydd Owen's Death Music (1916) and Ida Moberg's Lifvets sång (1909).
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Kuopio: Saint John's Church, Männistö
Varkaus: Warkaus-sali
12.-14.8.2022
Laura Netzel -festival 2022
A three day festival supported by South Savo Regional Fund. Duo Lago, Savo Music Society's orchestra, violinist Lev Berkovskiy, flutist Outi Nieminen, tenor Petri Bäckström, Nomad Vocals and other musicians. Premieres of Elfrida Andrée's Symfonisats f-moll and orchestrated versions of Amanda Maier-Röntgen & Julius Röntgen's Schwedische Weisen und Tänze and Laura Netzel's Ballad.
2.-3.4.2022
Varjoista valoon
Savo Music Society's orchestra played Ida Moberg's Tondikt "Johanne stämning" (1942) and Helvi Leiviskä's "Symphony n:o 1 op 23" (1947). Johanne stämning's premier was on summer 2021 played by our orchestra, Symphony n:o 1 op 23 was premiered in 1948, but it was last heard in December 1951.
November 21, 2021
Musiikillinen iltapäivä
Solo works by women composers and premiere of Minna Forsberg's Symphony No. 1. Soloists Tuula Pulkki and orchestra's musicians. Saint John's Church, Männistö.
12.-15.8.2021
Laura Netzel -festival 2021
A four day festival full of classical music especially composed by women. Savo Music Society's orchestra, pianist Stefan Lindgren, soprano Ann-Christin Högnabba, tenor Petri Bäckström and other musicians. Premieres of Ida Moberg's Tone Poem Johanne stämning (1942) and finale from opera "The Light of Asia (1945).
December 6, 2020
FRSO Independence Day
Gala Concert
The program included Helvi Leiviskä's Piano concerto in D minor recovered and edited by the Society.
November 19-20, 2020
Laura Netzel:
Piano concerto
The forgotten piano concerto by Laura Netzel was performed by pianist Stefan Lindgren, Saimaa Sinfonietta and conductor Erkki Lasonpalo on 19 October in Lappeenranta and on 20 October in Mikkeli. The Society's orchestra performed the concerto, Elfrida Andrée's Overture in G minor and Ida Moberg's Ballet Scene from the opera The light of Asia on 21 and 22 November in Kuopio and Varkaus.
September 26, 2020
Autumn concert
String Orchestra
Soloists: Toivo Rolser, Maria Nikulina and Minna Forsberg
Laura Netzel: Suite for violin and orchestra
Ailsa Dixon: Sohram and Rostab
Elfrida Andrée: Sommarminnen från Bjurslätt (conductor Toivo Rolser)