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