Programmes
PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT 2026–27 IN ADDITION TO INDICATED TOURING DATES
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touring May 2026
Cartellieri: La Purificazione di Maria Virgine (1807)
Lydia Teuscher, Marie Seidler, Patrick Grahl, Tuomas Katajala, Cornelius Uhle
Purcell Choir
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
75 performers
Modern premiere of the composer’s final masterpiece.
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touring September 2026
Queen Christina’s World
Kateryna Kasper, soprano
dir. Cecilia Bernardini, violin
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
15 performers
Queen Christina (1626–1689), a fascinating, controversial and very ‘modern’ figure, played an important role in the history of Finland. Ukrainian-German soprano Kateryna Kasper will join forces with Cecilia Bernardini, associate artistic director of the Freiburger Barockorchester. Music from Queen Christina’s Italy will include concertos, sinfonias and arias by Corelli, Scarlatti and Stradella.
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touring October 2026
C.P.E. Bach
Concerto for harpsichord & fortepiano in E flat major, Wq 47
Concerto for harpsichord in D major, Wq 18
Sinfonias for orchestra
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Aapo Häkkinen, fortepiano
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
20 performers
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touring December 2026
Vivaldi: Juditha triumphans
Julia Lezhneva, Marianne Beate Kielland, Sonja Runje, Erika Baikoff, Arnaud Gluck
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
dir. Aapo Häkkinen
70 performers
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touring 2026–27
Bach: Mass in B minor
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touring 2026–27
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos
Pierre Hantaï & Aapo Häkkinen, harpsichord
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
7 performers
Kleine Besetzung, maximaler Groove: Die fünf Streicher vom Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, dessen Cembalo spielender Leiter Aapo Häkkinen und der französische Meistercembalist Pierre Hantaï brachten eine überschäumende Energie in die Aula der Göttinger Universität. Mit Präzision, enormer Spielfreude, aber auch ausgefeilter Delikatesse musizierte die aufeinander eingeschworene Gemeinschaft. Und optisch prägnant waren die jungen Finnen überdies: Ein elfenhaftes Wesen umschmeichelte das Cello, während ein mit Piratentuch und Lederhose aufgemachter Bratschist grimmig dreinblickte.
–Georg Pepl, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
The recording of complete concertos for two harpsichords by J.S. Bach (BWV 1060–1062) received a Diapason d’or de l’année. They can be combined with other works such as the concertos for three and four harpsichords – already crowned with another Diapason d’or – or with chamber music by Bach’s predecessors such as Kirchoff and Reincken.
Pierre Hantaï & Aapo Häkkinen
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touring 2026–27
Handel – Mozart
Julia Lezhneva, soprano
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
dir. Aapo Häkkinen
23 performers
A singer who rivals the young Bartoli in high-octane virtuosity.
–Richard Wigmore, Gramophone
International media have described Julia Lezhneva as among ‘few young singers being widely celebrated so early in their careers’ (Independent) and as possessing the voice of ‘angelic beauty’ (New York Times), ‘pure tone’ (Die Welt) and ‘flawless technique’ (The Guardian) while Norman Lebrecht outlined her as ‘heading for the stratosphere’.