Park Concert 2024
10.8.2024
18.00 - 20.00
Sorsapuisto, 33500 Tampere
Tero Ahonen
Matthew Halls, conductor
Vocal Ensemble Rajaton
In August, it's time to put on your dancing shoes as the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Hall, and Tampereen Energia put on the traditional late summer Park Concert in Sorsapuisto Park, Tampere. The main theme of the concert is dance throughout the ages, and the program will feature some of the most beloved melodies of classical music from centuries past, Finnish classics, and well-known dance tunes from the worlds of ballet, musical theater, and opera. Free entrance!
Schedule
3:00 PM–5:45 PM S-Wings by DJ Juissi
5:45 PM Greetings from the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Hall, and Tampereen Energia
6:15 PM Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Park Concert begins
Park Concert Program
Mason Bates: Attack Decay Sustain Release
Johannes Brahms (orch. M. Schmeling): Hungarian Dance No. 5
Trad. (arr. J. Riihimäki): Säkkijärvi Polka
Kaj Chydenius (lyrics A. Kaipainen, arr. S. Kasurinen): Youth Tango
Jean Sibelius: Valse romantique
Aram Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from the ballet Gayane
Aram Khachaturian: Adagio from the ballet Spartacus
Aili Ikonen: So it Arrives
Jean-Baptiste Lully (arr. M. Halls): Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Air des Espagnols
Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki (lyrics R. Somerjoki & A. Tiainen, arr. J. Chydenius): Paradise
Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus (arr. J. Kuusisto): Does Your Mother Know?
Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson (arr. J. Kiiski): Waterloo
Jacques Offenbach: Galop (“Can-Can”) from the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from the musical West Side Story: Somewhere – Scherzo – Mambo
Audience Choice Winner: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus (arr. O. Vänskä): Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) OR Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson (arr. J. Kiiski): Mamma Mia
Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson (arr. J. Kuusisto): Dancing Queen
Produced by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Hall, and Tampereen Energia. In collaboration with Yle, which will broadcast the Park Concert live on Yle TV 1 and Yle Areena on Saturday, August 10, at 6:15 PM.
Vocal Ensemble Rajaton
In August, it's time to put on your dancing shoes as the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Hall, and Tampereen Energia put on the traditional late summer Park Concert in Sorsapuisto Park, Tampere. The main theme of the concert is dance throughout the ages, and the program will feature some of the most beloved melodies of classical music from centuries past, Finnish classics, and well-known dance tunes from the worlds of ballet, musical theater, and opera. Free entrance!
Schedule
3:00 PM–5:45 PM S-Wings by DJ Juissi
5:45 PM Greetings from the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Hall, and Tampereen Energia
6:15 PM Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Park Concert begins
Park Concert Program
Mason Bates: Attack Decay Sustain Release
Johannes Brahms (orch. M. Schmeling): Hungarian Dance No. 5
Trad. (arr. J. Riihimäki): Säkkijärvi Polka
Kaj Chydenius (lyrics A. Kaipainen, arr. S. Kasurinen): Youth Tango
Jean Sibelius: Valse romantique
Aram Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from the ballet Gayane
Aram Khachaturian: Adagio from the ballet Spartacus
Aili Ikonen: So it Arrives
Jean-Baptiste Lully (arr. M. Halls): Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Air des Espagnols
Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki (lyrics R. Somerjoki & A. Tiainen, arr. J. Chydenius): Paradise
Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus (arr. J. Kuusisto): Does Your Mother Know?
Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson (arr. J. Kiiski): Waterloo
Jacques Offenbach: Galop (“Can-Can”) from the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from the musical West Side Story: Somewhere – Scherzo – Mambo
Audience Choice Winner: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus (arr. O. Vänskä): Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) OR Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson (arr. J. Kiiski): Mamma Mia
Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson (arr. J. Kuusisto): Dancing Queen
Produced by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Hall, and Tampereen Energia. In collaboration with Yle, which will broadcast the Park Concert live on Yle TV 1 and Yle Areena on Saturday, August 10, at 6:15 PM.