Mikkeli Music Festival 2024
Artists
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Ville Matvejeff – conductor
Erkki Lasonpalo – conductor
Ava Bahari – violin
Jonathan Roozeman – cello
Programme
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Brahms Violin Concerto
Schumann Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’
Bruckner Symphony No. 7
Smetana Die Moldau
Elgar Cello Concerto
Sibelius Symphony No. 1
We return to Mikkeli Music Festival for four fantastic concerts featuring many highlights of the orchestral repertoire, plus an afternoon chamber music recital.
Santtu opens our 2024 residency with Schumann’s last symphony: the ‘Rhenish’. Inspired by a trip to Cologne, hear music evocative of the peacefully flowing Rhine, the church bells of Cologne Cathedral, leading to a high-spirited finale. First, hear a pinnacle of the Romantic repertoire – Brahms’s Violin Concerto – performed by award-winning Swedish violinist Ava Bahari.
To celebrate Bruckner’s 200th anniversary year, Santtu summons the renowned Philharmonia sound for the composer’s Seventh Symphony – a mighty work that remains one of the composer’s best loved.
An Opera Gala concert, chamber music performance, and closing programme including Elgar’s masterful Cello Concerto and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 1 complete our series of concerts at this year’s Festival.
See the full list of dates, performers, and booking links below.
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Prices & Discounts
€119 – €139 / chamber concert €59
Running time
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