Erica Back

Mezzo-soprano

Sep
27
7:00 PM19:00

Give us peace

W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 25 G Minor KV 183
L. van Beethoven: Mass in C Major Op. 86

Marjukka Tepponen, soprano
Erica Back, mezzo-soprano
Tuomas Katajala, tenor
Aarne Pelkonen, baritone

Vasili Sinaiski, conductor
Tampere Philharmonics
Tampere Philharmonic Choir

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Oct
24
7:00 PM19:00

Early Songs

Up and coming conductor Tomas Djupsjöbacka opens this programme with the iconic Overture from Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Berg’s seven early songs are a collection of subtle, lyrical pieces occupying middle ground between late Romanticism and atonality. They are performed here by Erica Back, rapidly becoming one of the most sought-after singers of her generation in Finland. After the interval, the evening concludes with Bruckner’s massive Fourth Symphony. 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture from the opera The Magic Flute
Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder
Anton Bruckner: Symphony no. 4 in E flat major WAB 104 ‘Romantic’

Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Erica Back, mezzo-soprano

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Nov
21
7:00 PM19:00

Retrospective Reflections

Olivier Messiaen: Le banquet céleste
arr. for chamber orchestra
Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été op. 7
arr. for mezzo-soprano and wind quintet
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat Major op. 20
arr. for chamber orchestra

Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor and musical direction
Erica Back, mezzo-soprano

The concert includes an interval


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Nov
22
7:00 PM19:00

Retrospective reflections

Olivier Messiaen: Le banquet céleste
arr. for chamber orchestra
Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été op. 7
arr. for mezzo-soprano and wind quintet
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat Major op. 20
arr. for chamber orchestra

Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor and musical direction
Erica Back, mezzo-soprano

The concert includes an interval


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Jul
31
8:00 PM20:00

Life stories

Erica Back, mezzo-soprano
Håvard Gimse, piano
Jaan Bossier, clarinet
Cecilia Zilliacus, violin
Stephen Fitzpatrick, harp
Anders Jonhäll, flute
Kati Raitinen, cello
Ylvali Zilliacus, viola
Vertavo Quartet

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Impromptus I-II Op. 90 D.899 

Lotta Wennäkoski (1970-):
Tocca – World Premiére

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Suite from a Soldier's Tale

Intermission

Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942):
Maiblumen blühten überall
Text: Richard Dehmel

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp

Franz Schubert:
Impromptus III-IV Op. 90

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Jul
29
6:00 PM18:00

Armas Järnefelt revisited

How was Armas Järnefelt's first composition concert in Vaasa in the year 1892? At that time, Järnefelt combined his own chambercompositions together with Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata, E minor, Op. 90 and Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne, c-sharp minor and Prelude, D minor. This summer we will hear an encore of the original concert during the Festival on Monday 29.7 at 18.00 in Vaasa City Hall with our artists, pianist Håvard Gimse, violinist Cecilia Zilliacus and mezzo-soprano Erica Back. Järnefelt's long lost Variatioonia will be performed perhaps for the first time since 1892!

Erica Back, mezzo-sopraano
Håvard Gimse, piano
Cecilia Zilliacus, violin

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Sonata Op. 90 

Armas Järnefelt (1869-1958): 
Suite for Violin and Piano

Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
Ich wollte maine Lieder
Gute Ruhe 

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849): 
Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor Op. posth.
Prelude in D minor Op. 28/24

Armas Järnefelt:
Romanze 
Solsken 
Laula, laula! 
Thema mit Variationen

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Jul
27
8:00 PM20:00

Instead of wings

”Bewildered witch-haired-women / scream together with the snowstorm / they use hang breasts / in-stead of wings…” (Eva-Stina Byggmästar) and Tchaikovsky´s grand pianotrio “A grand artist in memoriam”

Lotta Wennäkoski (1970-):
Istället för vingar 
Text: Eva-Stina Byggmästar

Pjotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50 

Erica Back, mezzo-soprano
Heikki Nikula, clarinet
Antti Ohenoja, percussion
Sampo Lassila, double bass
Annette von Hehn, violin
Stefan Heinemeyer, cello
Oliver Triendl, piano

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Jul
26
6:00 PM18:00

Instead of wings

”Bewildered witch-haired-women / scream together with the snowstorm / they use hang breasts / in-stead of wings…” (Eva-Stina Byggmästar) and Tchaikovsky´s grand pianotrio “A grand artist in memoriam”

Lotta Wennäkoski (1970-):
Istället för vingar 
Text: Eva-Stina Byggmästar

Pjotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50 

Erica Back, mezzo-soprano
Heikki Nikula, clarinet
Antti Ohenoja, percussion
Sampo Lassila, double bass
Annette von Hehn, violin
Stefan Heinemeyer, cello
Oliver Triendl, piano

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Jul
26
12:00 PM12:00

Joy and sorrow from everyday life

Lunch discussion & concert

Lotta Wennäkoski, composer
Eva-Stina Byggmästar, poet

Anders Jonhäll, flute
Stephen Fitzpatrick, harp
Cecilia Zilliacus, violin
Ylvali Zilliacus, viola
Kati Raitinen, cello
Oliver Triendl, piano
Stefan Heinemeyer, cello
Annette von Hehn, violin
Erica Back, mezzo-soprano

The composer J Francaix had a very good mood - even so good that no one thought he could write profound music. Lili Boulanger catches a bottomless melancholy while Wennäkoski creates art from ordinary things and neatly folds them together.

Lotta Wennäkoski (1970-):
Päärme

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918):
Dans l'immense tristesse

Jean Francaix (1912-1997):
Quintet No. 1 for flute, harp and string trio

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Jan
30
7:00 PM19:00

Stars

A versatile program consisting of pieces for female choir by composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Bengt Johansson and Knut Nystedt among others. The commissioned piece ‘Klage’ (R.M. Rilke) for mezzo-soprano and female choir by Ulf Långbacka will also have its premiere performance this evening.

Erica Back, soloist
Tuula Hällström, piano
Hanna Kronqvist, conductor
Eviva-kören, female choir

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