Musiikkijuhlat Uudessakaupungissa

 Kalanti church, Pyhän Olavintie 6, Kalanti

What kind of instrument was the clarinet in Crusell’s time?
Tonight’s concert will feature music for the clarinet and strings.
The music will be performed on instruments from the time period of Crusell,
bringing us back in time. | Crusell-Mozart | Tickets: 35 € 

 Uusikaupunki-arena, Wintteri, Pohjoistullitie 3

The Guards Band, led by music major Jaakko Nurila,
will introduce the audience to Crusell’s career as a military musician.
In a spectacular overview, you will hear Finnish marching music
as well as virtuoso solo numbers. | Crusell-Kuula-Sibelius | Tickets 55 €

 Wallila Manor, Alinenkatu 41

Anna Sofia Crusell was the wife of the master composer,
an important support and central figure in Crusell’s life.
Who were the most influential women composers and
artists of Crusell’s time? Historian Nuppu Koivisto-Kaasik
will shed light on the role of women in the era in general.
The concert will feature music composed by women from
different periods. | Schumann-Mendelssohn-Coleman | Tickets: 35 € 

 New Church, Rauhankatu 3

The Crusell Festival Ensemble celebrates the 250th
anniversary of Bernhard Crusell! In this concert all the
instruments of the woodwind family will be featured
as soloists as a tribute to Crusell.
Vivaldi-Bach-Crusell-Telemann | Tickets 55 €

 Rauha Hall, Wintteri, Viikaistenkatu 3

What kind of new openings and experiments would Crusell make if he
were with us today? Crusell’s music meets the composers and arrangers
of our time in innovative works that combine, for example,
joiku song and classical woodwinds.
Räisänen – Crusell – Porra – Belmonte & Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman
Tickets: 35 € 

 Pyhämaa Church, Kirkontaustantie 15

From what pieces was Crusell the composer constructed as we know him?
What kind of music did Crusell hear growing up? Who were his sources of inspiration and
whose music did he perform? In tonight’s concert we will put the pieces together to build
a picture of the puzzle. Crusell – C.P.E. Bach – Gossec – von Winter | Tickets 35 €

 Old Church, Alinenkatu 44

A virtuoso makes the difficult sound easy and the impossible become possible.
Crusell was a star artist, entertainer and virtuoso of his time,
the ‘Paganini of the clarinet’. But who were the ‘Crusells’ of other
woodwinds and what kind of virtuosity do their virtuoso works display
on their own instruments? | Platti – Crusell – Gaubert – du Puy – Doppler
| Tickets: 35 €