Friday, June 12th 

7:30pm | Canoe Studios | 601 West 26th Street, 14th Floor | $68 | Curated Gala Reception

The Chelsea Music Festival’s Opening Night Gala sparkles atop the Hudson with an evening to Hear | Taste | See the sounds of Finland and Hungary. Sibelius, Rautavaara and the World Premiere of “Cameo” by 2015 Composer-in-Residence Ilari Kaila will be performed. Bartók’s early, romantic Piano Quintet closes the program as a sweeping piece that showcases his late romantic influences even as he is forming the new language he would later introduce to New York audiences later in his life. 2015 Visual Artist-in-Residence Rachel Mica Weiss will reveal her site-specific installation and a tasting menu of wild, foraged Finnish cuisine created by 2015 Culinary Artist-in-Residence Sami Tallberg concludes this not-to-be-missed gala evening.

Works by Sibelius, Kaila, Rautavaara, & Bartók. Performers include members of Avanti!, Michael Dahlberg, Milad Daniari, Amy Galluzzo, Emil Holmström, Helen Huang, Kati Kuusava, Tessa Lark, Angela Lee, Lisa Lee, Eriikka Maalismaa, Lilli Maijala, Derek Mosloff, Nicolas Namoradze, Jaakko Paarvala, Alex Shiozaki, Malla Vivolin.

Includes reception and an open bar.

FULL PROGRAM

Piano Quartet in C Minor, JS 156 (1891) …………………….. Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Introduction: Adagio
Theme: Andantino
Variations 17
Tempo Primo

Lisa Lee, violin
Alex Shiozaki, violin
Angela Lee, cello
Helen Huang, piano

Cameo (2015) * ………………………………………………. Ilari Kaila (b. 1978)
Malla Vivolin, flute
Derek Mosloff, viola
Emil Holmström, piano

Andante Festivo (1922) ………………………………………………..Jean Sibelius
Finnish Myth (1977) …………………………………. Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928)
Violins | Eriikka Maalismaa, Kati Kuusava, Tessa Lark, Lisa Lee, Amy Galluzzo, Alex Shiozaki
Violas | Lilli Maijala, Derek Mosloff
Cellos | Jaakko Paarvala, Angela Lee, Michael Dahlberg
Bass | Milad Daniari
Conductor | Ken-David Masur

INTERMISSION

Piano Quintet, BB 33, DD 77 (1903-04)…………………………. Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Andante Allegro
Vivace (Scherzando)
Adagio
Poco a poco piu vivace

Tessa Lark, violin
Amy Galluzzo, violin
Derek Mosloff, viola
Michael Dahlberg, cello
Nicolas Namoradze, piano

* World Premiere Performance

Curated Gala Reception by Culinary Artist-in-Residence Chef Sami Tallberg