Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) is the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle). Its mission is to produce and promote Finnish musical culture and its Chief Conductor as of autumn 2013 has been Hannu Lintu.
The Radio Orchestra of ten players founded in 1927 grew to symphony orchestra proportions in the 1960s. Its Chief Conductors have been Toivo Haapanen, Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Sakari Oramo, and taking over from Hannu Lintu in 2021 will be Nicholas Collon.
The latest contemporary music is a major item in the repertoire of the FRSO, which each year premieres a number of Yle commissions. Another of the Orchestra's tasks is to record all Finnish orchestral music for the Yle archive.
The FRSO has recorded works by Ligeti, Eötvös, Nielsen, Hakola, Lindberg, Saariaho, Salonen, Sallinen, Kaipainen, Kokkonen and others. Its discs have reaped some major distinctions, such as the Gramophone Award, BBC Music Magazine Award and the MIDEM Classical Award.
The FRSO concerts are broadcast live on the Yle Areena and Radio 1 channels and are recorded and shown later on Yle Teema and TV 1.
23.9.2020
20:00
Musiikkitalo
Radion sinfoniaorkesteri
Sakari Oramo & Tami Pohjola
Tami Pohjola, viulu
Anna Clyne: Sound and Fury
Kaija Saariaho: Graal théâtre viululle ja orkesterille
Sergei Prokofjev: Sinfonia nro 1 D-duuri “Klassinen” op. 25
27.9.2020
15:00
Musiikkitalo, Paavo-sali
Radion sinfoniaorkesteri
Telemann ja pariisilaiset ystävät
Kaisa Kortelainen, traverso
Kaisa Kallinen, viulu
Miika Uuksulainen, barokkisello ja gamba
Jouko Laivuori, cembalo
Georg Philipp Telemann: Pariisilainen kvartetto D-duuri
Michel Blavet: Osia sonaatista huilulle ja continuolle nro 5 op. 2
Jean-Pierre Guignon: Sonaatti viululle ja continuolle nro 9 op. 1
George Philipp Telemann: Pariisilainen kvartetto h-molli
Antoine Forqueray: Chaconne “La Morangis ou la Plissay”
George Philipp Telemann: Pariisilainen kvartetto g-molli
2.10.2020
20:00
Musiikkitalo
Radion sinfoniaorkesteri
Suomen säveltäjät 75 vuotta
Tuuli Lindeberg, sopraano
Outi Tarkiainen: Jään lauluja, kantaesitys (Ylen tilaus)
Paavo Heininen: Arioso op. 16
Sampo Haapamäki: "Synny! (laulusarjan 1. osa), kantaesitys (Ylen tilaus)
Jouni Kaipainen: North by North-East
13.10.2020
20:00
Musiikkitalo
Radion sinfoniaorkesteri
Schubert & Schiff
16.10.2020
20:00
Musiikkitalo
Radion sinfoniaorkesteri
Kent Nagano & Till Fellner
Till Fellner, piano
W.A. Mozart: Pianokonsertto nro 22 Es-duuri KV 482
Richard Strauss: Metamorfooseja 23:lle soolojouselle TrV 290
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Photoptosis, Die Soldaten Vocal Symphony
Hannu Lintu, kapellimestari
Leila Josefowicz, viulu
Anu Komsi, sopraano
Jeni Packalen, altto
Hilary Summers, kontra-altto
Peter Tantsits, tenori
Ville Rusanen, baritoni
Juha Uusitalo, basso
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Photoptosis, Die Soldaten Vocal Symphony
Kaija Saariaho: True Fire for baritone and orchestra, Ciel d'hiver for orchestra, Trans for harp and orchestra
Hannu Lintu, kapellimestari
Gerald Finley, bassobaritoni
Xavier de Maistre, harppu
Kaija Saariaho: True Fire for baritone and orchestra, Ciel d'hiver for orchestra, Trans for harp and orchestra
Jean Sibelius: Kullervo
Hannu Lintu, kapellimestari
Johanna Rusanen-Kartano, sopraano
Ville Rusanen, baritoni
Viron mieskuoro
Polyteknikkojen kuoro
Jean Sibelius: Kullervo
Perttu Haapanen: Compulsion Island, Ladies' Room, Flute Concerto
Hannu Lintu, kapellimestari
Dima Slobodeniouk, kapellimestari
Helena Juntunen, sopraano
Yuki Koyama, huilu
Perttu Haapanen: Compulsion Island, Ladies' Room, Huilukonsertto
Fagerlund – Stonework
Hannu Lintu, kapellimestari
Ismo Eskelinen, kitara
Sebastian Fagerlund: Drifts, Stonework, Transit
Address
PL 103
FI-00024 Yleisradio
www.yle.fi/rso
Chief Conductor
Hannu Lintu
General Manager
Tuula Sarotie
+358 40 844 2666
Orchestra Manager
Sanna Moilanen
+358 40 510 0511
Executive Producer, Communication
Satu Kahila
+358 40 557 0053
Executive Producer, Marketing
Satumaija Peltoniemi
+358 40 860 3826
Producer
Päivi Juvonen
+358 40 830 2996
Music Librarian
Sebastian Djupsjöbacka
+358 40 147 4013
Stage Managers
Heikki Tikka
+358 40 557 0052
Mikael Tiittanen
+358 400 506 067
Executive Music Producer
Laura Heikinheimo
+358 40 830 2995
Founded 1927
Size 100 musicians
Concert venues
Helsinki Music Centre,
1704 seats
Tickets
Ticketmaster
+358 600 10 800
(1,98 €/min+local access charge)
Telephone exchange
+358 9 14 801