.Joseph Swensen conducts our final matinee concerts of the season this week. ✨

Join the #SCO for luminous music from Orkney, Denmark and Finland composed by Maxwell Davies, Sibelius and Nielsen.

18 April at 2pm | The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
19 April at 2pm | City Halls, Glasgow

We're soon off to the UK, with concerts in London, Luton, the Borders and Nairn (Scotland). Can't wait to see friends and family, to play in familiar venues and to make new acquaintances. More info on the quartet's website.

Sastamala - the place to be!! Astonishing performance of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s kínēma (2021) for clarinet and strings by Christoffer Sundqvist, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Nicholas Collon tonight, in good company of Jean Sibelius Swanwhite (fab. theatre score, btw) and Symphony 5!! 👏🏼💐💙

Translated into over 60 languages, the national epic of Finland, the Kalevala, has been awarded the European Commission’s European Heritage Label:
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Annunciation, painted in around 1474 by Leonardo da Vinci, who was born on this day in 1452. Perhaps his earliest independent painting and quite an achievement.

Looking right at you from 1495, woman from the court of Milan. Painted by Leonardo da Vinci, whose birthday is today.

Tänään on maanantai 15.4.2024 ja nimipäivää viettävät Linda ja Tuomi.

155 vuotta sitten (15.4.1869) valokuvaaja Signe Brander syntyi. Hänet tunnetaan erityisesti monipuolisista kaupunki-, maisema- ja arkkitehtuurikuvistaan.

📷: Museovirasto, CC BY 4.0

I literally walked over the brow of a hill on Sheppey, and I saw this. My weak eyes failed me. The phone camera does show you what's going on. Nevertheless, this is the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

Valkoiset rungot sumua vasten pysäytti taasen aamusella.

Performances of intensity and merit – Hannu Lintu debuts with Berliner Philharmoniker

Formidable 20/21-century programme of Messiaen, Stravinsky (with Vilde Frang), Kaija Saariaho and Jean Sibelius, given in resplendent outings.
#AdventuresInMusic
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Astu Simbergin mielikuvitusmaailmaan! 🌼💀 Hugo Simbergin virtuaalinäyttely esittelee taiteilijan rakastetuimpia teoksia.

🥽 Koe Meta Quest VR-laseilla. App Labissa hintaan 4,99 €.
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#Näyttely #HugoSimberg

Some thoughts on #Iran AttackIsrael :
1) #Iran has launched 185 drones and 36 tonight. This is comparable to what Ukraine faces during large Russian attacks
2) Many drones+missiles were intercepted by jets, with UK and US help
3) Ukraine has no jets, few AD, and no allies helping

💐 Hyvää syntymäpäivää Paul Sinebrychoff 💐

Paul Sinebrychoff nuorempi syntyi 14 huhtikuuta 1859.

💕 Paul ja Fanny Sinebrychoffin kotimuseoon on aina vapaa pääsy, tervetuloa!

#syntymäpäivä #paulsinebrychoff #sinebrychoff #kotimuseo #vapaapääsy #sinebrychoff intaidemuseo

Jean Sibelius Sibelius 7 live on the Berlin Phil website this evening. Hannu Lintu conducting. And Vilda Frang playing Stravinsky. (Hope my spelling is correct ).

Lemminkäinen ja karjapaimen /Lemminkäinen and the Cowherd by Joseph Alanen ( 1885-1920) #FinnishArt

Sibelius’s planned opera The Building of the Boat was eventually put aside but fragments of it were used for The Lemminkäinen Suite premiered on this day in 1896. Sibbe conducted the Helsinki Philharmonic / HKO .

⁦CTR 🖖=/\=⁩ - All revealed here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of…

🎻1st Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley invites you to tomorrow's concert in the Digital Concert Hall »digitalconcerthall.com/concert/55070?… Hannu Lintu and soloist Vilde Frang featuring works by Messiaen, Stravinsky, Saariaho and Sibelius.

#jokeoftheday To be fair he dies in Aida Tristan and Otello! #opera #singing #music