Celebrate this Festival
Coronation music by G.F. Handel and H. Purcell, festive music by J.S. Bach and music by Arvo Pärt.
Photographer: Viena Kangas
Source: helsinki
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Address:
Suomenlinna church
Suomenlinna (kaup.osa) C43
00190 Helsinki
Contact details:
https://www.helsinginseurakunnat.fi/en/index/suomenlinnankirkko.html.stx
tuomiokirkko.srk@evl.fi
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Normal ticket 25 € More informationPensioner 20 € More information
Student, child (15-18y), conscript, unemployed 15 € More information
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Kulttuuriyhdistys Ensemble Nylandia ry
Coronation music by G.F. Handel and H. Purcell, festive music by J.S. Bach and music by Arvo Pärt.
Ensemble Nylandia celebrates and proclaims the Kuopio Festival’s closing concert with a special program and lineup: the program includes Purcell and Handel’s coronation music.
Handel composed four anthems for the coronation of George II in 1727 – his first work after receiving English citizenship – in which the king and queen are recognized as rulers in the eyes of the people and God.
With his composition, Handel not only showed his subjection but also skillfully adopted the core of the English anthem, which Purcell and other composers had created during centuries of monarchy: simultaneously grand and simple music for public spectacle.
In addition to the anthems, Bach Collegium Helsinki will bring to the concert, as its name suggests, festive music by Johann Sebastian Bach.
As a counterbalance to all the outward-looking proclamation, atmospheric and meditative melodies by Estonian master Arvo Pärt will also be heard in honor of his 90th birthday.
Purcell – Handel – Bach – Pärt
Pawel Hulisz, baroque trumpet
Ensemble Nylandia
Bach Collegium Helsinki
Conductor Matias Häkkinen
Choir coaching: Viena Kangas and Kristina Bogataj
Suomenlinna Church
22.7.2025
19.00-20.00
Tickets 15-25€ from Tiketti and at the entrance
