Turku Day Concert: Carried by the Stream – The Lyrical Virtuosity of Selim Palmgren

Free of charge

Henrik Järvi, piano

Pianist Henrik Järvi leads the audience to the sources of composer Selim Palmgren’s lyricism, enriched with the music of Franz Liszt. Järvi is completing his artistic doctoral dissertation at the Sibelius Academy, focusing on Selim Palmgren’s piano music.

Programme:

Franz Liszt (1811–1886):

Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: Invocation

Selim Palmgren (1878–1951):
Deux contrastes (1899):
1 Les adieux
2 Arlequin

Ballade op. 18 (–1907):
Tema con variazioni

Finnische Lyrik op. 22 (–1908):
1 Ländliches Bild – Rural depiction
2 Finnische Volksweise – Finnish folk song
3 Paganini – Little exercise
4 Humor
5 Die Glockenblumen – Bluebells
6 Gavotte & musette
7 Polska
8 Lenznacht – Spring night
9 Serenade
10 Walzer aus Österbotten – Ostrobothnian waltz
11 Einsames Lied – Lonely song
12 Frühlingseinzug – Arrival of spring

Humoresque, op. 26 nr. 1 (1908)

Ungdom (Nuoruus) op. 28 (1908):
Skuggornas ö – Island of shadows

Nordischer Sommer – Summer of the North op. 39 (1913–14):
Abendstück – Nach einem finnischen Volkslied

Ljus och skugga op. 51 (1917–19):
Finnish ballad

Tre fantasier op. 82 (1924):
En sommarfantasi – A Summer Phantasy
En höstdröm – A Dream of Fall
A Memory – Ett minne

Festive prelude, composed for the inauguration of the Lallukka Artists’ Home (1934)

Franz Liszt:
Sursum corda

Henrik Järvi studied at the Sibelius Academy under Liisa Pohjola, at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Alexei Lubimov, and at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under Alexander Sandler. At the Madrid Chamber Music Academy, he worked under the guidance of Ralf Gothóni and Tom Krause. In addition, he has participated in conducting courses led by Jorma Panula.

Henrik Järvi has performed as a soloist with the Oulu, Jyväskylä, and Turku Symphony Orchestras, as well as at the Turku and Kuhmo Music Festivals. He has also appeared on concert tours in Germany, Switzerland, Norway, and Sweden, as well as in the Baltic countries. He is currently completing his doctoral artistic research at the Sibelius Academy, focusing on the piano music of Selim Palmgren.