Toivo – Helsingin kamarikuoro 20th Anniversary

Sat 26.4.2025 19.00
Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki

Helsingin kamarikuoro
Finnish Baroque Orchestra
Nils Schweckendiek, conductor

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH     Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf BWV 226 
HELENA TULVE        And Death Shall Have No Dominion (world premiere)
MATILDA SEPPÄLÄ        Casual Usual (world premiere)
SANTA RATNIECE        Lustral (world premiere)
ANNA CLYNE            In thy Beauty 
KARIN REHNQVIST        Take the Milky Way (world premiere)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL    Foundling Hospital Anthem (original version)


The Helsinki Chamber Choir celebrates 20 years of professional choral singing in a joint concert with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra. Five new works for chamber choir and Baroque instruments form the centrepiece, including four specially commissioned pieces by the Latvian Santa Ratniece, the Estonian Helena Tulve, the Swedish composer Karin Rehnqvist and the young Finnish composer Matilda Seppälä, while Anna Clyne’s In thy Beauty receives its Finnish premiere. The concert also offers rare opportunities to hear Johann Sebastian Bach’s motet Der Geist hilft seiner Schwachheit auf in its fully orchestrated version and the original 1749 version of George Frideric Handel’s Foundling Hospital Anthem.

Tickets: Music Centre ticket sales: https://musiikkitalo.fi/en/concerts-and-events/toivo-helsingin-kamarikuoro-20-vuotta-26-4-2025

In collaboration with: Finnish Baroque Orchestra