January 5th, 2012
TFO Twelfth Night (Epiphany) Concert
Key Ensemble performed together with Turku Philharmonic Orchestra in their Twelfth Night Concert. It was also the welcoming concert of the orchestra's new Chief Conductor, Leif Segerstam.
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Key Ensemble, coach Teemu Honkanen
Gustav Holst: The Planets
November 12th, 2011
Associations on St. Martin
Martin's parish 90-year anniversary concert series
Martin's Church, Turku
Martin's Parish in Turku celebrated its 90-year anniversary in November with a concert series in the beautiful Martin's Church. Key Ensemble was there, too, with interesting modern compositions that associate with St. Martin. Among them was a first performance of a new choral work by composer and violinist Jaakko Kuusisto.
Teemu Honkanen, cond.
Iina Kivimäki, harp
Juhani Komulainen: Mort de Saint Martin / Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Canticum calamitatis maritimæ / Ulf Långbacka: No Man is an Island / Jaakko Kuusisto: Serenadi (2011; Fp.) / Frank Martin: Mass for unaccompanied double choir (1926)
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Missa Baltica tour 9 to 13 September 2011:
Fri Sept 9 Kallio Church, Helsinki (CD release concert)
Teemu Honkanen, dir.
Sven-David Sandström/Henry Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord / Ingvar Lidholm: De profundis / Jan Sandström: Gloria / Igor Stravinsky: Credo / Joonas Kokkonen: Laudatio Domini / Krzysztof Penderecki: Cherubinischer Lobgesang / Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis / Einojuhani Rautavaara: Herran rukous / Mikko Heiniö: Luceat / Henryk Mikołaj Górecki: Amen
Other concerts of the Tour, similar program:
Sat Sept 10, Tallinn Cathedral, Estonia
Sun Sept 11, St. Matteus Church, Stockholm
Tue Sept 13, St. Michael Church, Turku
TURKU MUSIC FESTIVAL 2011
Key Ensemble performed as the Turku Music Festival's inofficial festival choir and appeared in four concerts and events during the festival:
Sun Aug 14, Music Festival Mass
Turku Cathedral, 10 AM
Kaisa Ranta, soprano
Topi Lehtipuu, tenor
Riku Pelo, barytone
Key Ensemble
Group from the Finnish Baroque Orchestra
J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 105 "Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht"
Mon Aug 15, "300 Years of Love in Italian"
Vähätori Square, 7 PM
Kaisa Ranta and Mari Palo, soprano
Tuomas Katajala, tenor
Sören Lillkung, barytone
Key Ensemble
Monteverdi and Gesualdo madrigals and more
Wed Aug 17, "At Sunrise"
Samppalinna swimming stadium, 05.47 AM
Key Ensemble
Teemu Honkanen, cond.
Brass Quintet of the Navy Music Corps
Rautavaara, Kuula, Sibelius
Thu Aug 18, "Bach in Candle Light"
Turku Cathedral, 11 PM
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Kaisa Ranta, soprano
Topi Lehtipuu, tenor
Riku Pelo, barytone
Key Ensemble
Finnish Baroque Orchestra
Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, cond.
J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 105 "Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht"
Pärt: Fratres (version VI; 1991)
J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 82a "Ich habe genug"
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Sun Feb 6, 2011
Uspensky Cathedral, Helsinki
Pasi Hyökki, cond.
Alfred Schnittke: 12 penitential psalms
Concert with EMO Ensemble
Sun Nov 21, 2010
Turku Cathedral
Pasi Hyökki, cond.
Alfred Schnittke: 12 penitential psalms (first Finland performance)
Concert with EMO Ensemble
11.09.2010 5-Year Anniversary
The old county's prison church, Kakola, Turku
Teemu Honkanen and
Ulf Långbacka, cond.
28.07.2010 Turku Organ Festival
Ville Urponen, organ
Teemu Honkanen, cond.
Josquin Desprez: Præter rerum seriem /
Francis Poulenc: Salve regina,
Quattre petite prières de Saint François d’Assise, Ave verum corpus /
Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur: Le cantique des cantiques / Naji Hakim: Set Me As A Seal Upon Your heart / Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium
16.06.2010 Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Vespers), op. 37
cond. Teemu Honkanen
Raisio Church
07.03.2010 Tomas Luis de Victoria: Officium defunctorum (Requiem)
cond. Mats Lillhannus
Turun tuomiokirkko
15.02.2010 Missa Baltica - Sacred music from the Baltic Sea countriescond. Teemu Honkanen
St. Michael's church, Turku
program the same as on 13.02.2009
13.02.2010 Missa Baltica - Sacred music from the Baltic Sea countries
cond. Teemu Honkanen
Kemiö church
Sven-David Sandström/Henry Purcell:
Hear My Prayer, O Lord / Ingvar Lidholm: De profundis / Jan Sandström: Gloria / Igor Stravinsky: Credo / Joonas Kokkonen: Laudatio Domini / Krzysztof Penderecki: Cherubinischer Lobgesang / Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis / Einojuhani Rautavaara: Herran rukous Mikko Heiniö: Luceat / Henryk Górecki: Amen, op. 35
01.11.2009 Voiceday -concert
cond. Teemu Honkanen
Sibelius Museum, Turku
Clément Janequin: Le chant des oyseaux / Francis Poulenc: La Blanche Neige, Belle et Ressemblante, Marie / Sergej Rachmaninov: Bogoroditse Devo / Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria / Max Reger: Unser Lieben Frauen Traum, Der Mensch lebt und bestehet, Morgengesang, Nachtlied / Naji Hakim: Set Me As A Seal Upon Your heart / Edward Elgar: Lux aeterna / Aarre Merikanto: Sydämeni laulu / Einojuhani Rautavaara: Sydämeni laulu / Gustav Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
29.09.2009 "Song of Songs" - French music nightcond. Teemu Honkanen
The Academy Building, Turku
program the same as on 26.09.
26.09.2009 "Song of Songs" - French music night
cond. Teemu Honkanen
Vuojoki Mansion, Eurajoki
Clément Janequin: Le chant des oyseaux / Francis Poulenc: Sept chansons / Maurice Ravel: Trois chansons /
Claude Debussy: Trois chansons /
Naji Hakim: Set Me As A Seal
Upon Your heart (Suomen kantaesitys) /
Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur: Le cantique
des cantiques
09.08.2009 Sergei Rachmaninov: Vespers op. 37cond. Teemu Honkanen
The old Turku county prison's church
23.06.2009 Deutsche Töne - XXX Parainen Organ Festival
cond. Teemu Honkanen
Parainen Church
Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt (PS. 100) / Anton Bruckner: Locus iste / Johannes Brahms: Nachtwache II, op. 104 No. 2 / Max Reger: Morgengesang, op. 138 No. 2 / Arnold Schönberg: Friede auf Erden, op. 13 (1907)
31.05. ja 01.06. Benjamin Britten: The Prodigal Son
Church-Opera, Naantali music festival
- Eija Tolpo, dir.
- Jari Hiekkapelto, music dir. and organ
- Teppo Järvinen, cost. & scen.
- Teemu Honkanen, chorus master
- Ville Salonen, Petri Bäckström, tenor
- Jussi Lehtipuu, bariton
- Jussi Merikanto, bassbariton
- Key Ensemble
- Mikael Helasvuo, flute
- Miikka Saarinen, trumpet
- Esa Tapani, French horn
- Max Savikangas, viola
- Teemu Kauppinen, double bass
- Päivi Viitanen, harp
-Ari-Pekka Mäenpää, percussions
18.04.2009 Deliver Us from the Vices;
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Officium defunctorum (Requiem)
Sigy hall, in cooperation with Flamenco dance group Takoya
Choir cond. Mats Lillhannus
13.04.2009 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers op. 37Turku Orthodox Chruch
cond. Teemu Honkanen
12.04.2009 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers op. 37
Keski-Pori Church
cond. Teemu Honkanen
03.02.2009 Piece and Harmony
cond. Ulf Långbacka
Turku Cathedral
Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium / Joep Franssens: Harmony of the spheres I / Edvard Elgar: Lux aeterna / Julian Anderson: I Saw Eternity, I´m a Pilgrim / Einar Englund: Valvokaa / Ulf Långbacka: Facie ad faciem / Ulf Långbacka: No Man Is an Island (Key Ensemblen tilausteos, kantaesitys) / Arnold Schönberg: Friede auf Erden
22.11.2008 Tomas Luis de Victoria: Officium defunctorum (Requiem)
cond. Mats Lillhannus
Parainen Church
12.04.2008 Concert: Double Masses
cond. Markus Yli-Jokipii
In cooperation with Tritonuksen laulajat
Michael's church, Turku
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Cloud-capp’d Towers / Ildebrando Pizzetti: Messa di Requiem / Sergei Rachmaninov: Otche nash / Frank Martin: A Mass for double Choir
04.11.2007 Lux Aeterna
cond. Teemu Honkanen
Michael's church, Turku
program the same as on 2.11.
02.11.2007 Lux Aeterna
cond. Teemu Honkanen
Nousiainen church
Mikko Heiniö: Luceat / Max Reger: O Tod, wie bitter bist du / Edward Elgar: Lux Aeterna; Go, Song of Mine / Britta Byström: Lux Aeterna / Peter Cornelius: Requiem / Gustav Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen / Aarre Merikanto: Sydämeni Laulu / Einojuhani Rautavaara: Sydämeni Laulu / Johannes Brahms: Nachtwache II
27.03.2007 Time Flows
cond. Timo Lehtovaara
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
Olli Kortekangas: Verbum / György Ligeti: Éjsaka – Reggel / Nigel Butterley: Spring’s Ending / Ulf Långbacka: Tre sånger om natten / Mikko Heiniö: Non-Stop
8.02.2007 Venetia
cond. Ulf Långbacka
Katedraali soi-festival at Turku chathedral
In cooperation with Turku Philharmonic
Program based on the concert held on 12.8.06 and Dietrich Buxtehude: Herzlich Lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, BuxWV 41
20.01.2007 Visions
cond. Ulf Långbacka
Kallion church, Helsinki
Ohjelmisto kuten 15.1.06
12.8.2006 Venetia
cond. Ulf Långbacka
org. Turku Music Festival
Michael's church
Giovanni and Andrea Gabriel's, Claudio Monteverd's, Claudio Merul's and Adrian Willaert's motets
19.04.2006 Shakespeare
cond. Ulf Långbacka.
Sibelius museum, Turku
Frank Martin: five Songs of Ariel / Ralph Vaughan-Williams: Three shakespeare Songs / Juhani Komulainen: Three Sonnets of Shakespeare, Shall I Compare / Nils Lindberg: Shall I Compare / David Hamilton: Caliban’s Song / Bengt Johansson: Venus and Adonis III / madrigaaleja kokoelmasta The Triumphs of Oriana
15.01.2006 Visions
cond. Ulf Långbacka
Michaels Church, Turku
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Die erste Elegie / Einar Englund: Valvokaa / Julian Anderson: I Saw Eternity, I’m a Pilgrim, At the Fountain / Orlando di Lasso: Cum essem parvulus / Ulf Långbacka: Facie ad faciem / Michael Praetorius: Jesaja dem Propheten / Olivier Messiaen: O Sacrum convivium / Francisco Guerrero: Duo seraphim