Karita Mattila sings the role of Marie in Alban Berg’s Wozzeck. Sir Mark Elder conducts and Simon Keenleyside sings the title role of the poor soldier who tries to support his girlfriend Marie and their young son while battling mental illness. When the brutal Drum Major seduces Marie, Wozzeck is driven to violent action. The […]
Kimmo Pohjonen, Samuli Kosminen and the Kronos Quartet will perform Uniko which was originally commissioned by the Kronos Quartet and first performed in Helsinki in 2004. The Kronos Quartet is well-known for commissioning new and challenging work for their genre. By commissioning Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen their extraordinary skills at stretching and reinventing their […]
Oddarrang is an experimental Finnish band whose music defies being placed in any one genre but in which can be heard influences of jazz, classical, world music and post-modern rock. The instrumental line-up is trombone, cello, guitar, acoustic bass and drums. The concert starts at 6.15pm so you could also book for the following concert […]
Remaining Proms with a Finnish interest
A Finnish police male voice choir Etelä-Pohjanmaan Poliisilaulajat (The South Ostrobothnian Police Singers) will be performing at the Finnish church in London on Saturday 26 October at 3pm.
Finland is the focus of this year’s London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) at Kings Place in London from 30 October to 2 November 2013.