Tanja Nisonen – For the uncommon woman
First doctoral concert of Tanja Nisonen.
Italian conductor Daniela Musica makes her Turku début in a programme beginning with music by Grammy-winning US composer Joan Tower and featuring a double concerto by Ethel Smyth, performed by Elina Vähälä, one of Finland’s most celebrated violinists, and the Turku Philharmonic’s own Deputy Principal Horn, Tanja Nisonen. The concert concludes with Falstaff, a rarely performed tone poem by Elgar painting a symphonic picture of the eponymous Shakespearean character introduced in the play Henry IV.
Program
- Joan Tower (1938): Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
- Ethel Smyth (1858-1944): Concerto for Violin and Horn
Intermission - Edward Elgar (1857-1932): Falstaff
Performers
- Daniela Musca, conductor
- Elina Vähälä, violin
- Tanja Nisonen, horn
- Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Additional information: Tanja Nisonen, tanja.nisonen@uniarts.fi
Italian conductor Daniela Musica makes her Turku début in a programme beginning with music by Grammy-winning US composer Joan Tower and featuring a double concerto by Ethel Smyth, performed by Elina Vähälä, one of Finland’s most celebrated violinists, and the Turku Philharmonic’s own Deputy Principal Horn, Tanja Nisonen. The concert concludes with Falstaff, a rarely performed tone poem by Elgar painting a symphonic picture of the eponymous Shakespearean character introduced in the play Henry IV.
Program
- Joan Tower (1938): Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
- Ethel Smyth (1858-1944): Concerto for Violin and Horn
Intermission - Edward Elgar (1857-1932): Falstaff
Performers
- Daniela Musca, conductor
- Elina Vähälä, violin
- Tanja Nisonen, horn
- Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Additional information: Tanja Nisonen, tanja.nisonen@uniarts.fi