Academy Winds: Double Concerto Concert
The Sibelius Academy wind ensemble, Academy Winds, performs a charming selection of wind orchestra classics.
The concert opens with Stravinsky’s colour-saturated Symphonies of Wind Instruments, followed by Alban Berg’s Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and 13 Wind Instruments, which was composed in 1925. After the intermission, Paul Hindemeth’s Symphony in B-Flat Major and Martin Ellerby’s fresh Paris Sketches will be performed.
Programme
- Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947)
- Berg: Chamber concerto for violin, piano and 13 wind instruments
Intermission
- Paul Hindemith: Symphony in B-Flat Major
- Martin Ellerby: Paris Sketches
Performers
- Academy Winds
- Petri Komulainen, conductor
- Joosep Reimaa, violin
- Nina Haug, piano
Further information: Anna Rombach
Academy Winds
The Academy Winds ensemble of the Sibelius Academy at Uniarts Helsinki performs periodically. It has existed in its current form since 2012, when lecturer in wind conducting Peter Ettrup Larsen established the ensemble. Academy Winds includes separate brass and woodwind ensembles Academy Brass and Academy Woodwinds.
The performers are selected from among orchestral instrument students for rehearsal periods which last 4–6 days and culminate in a public concert. The work schedule mimics those of professional orchestras. Academy Winds is coordinated by Petri Komulainen, lecturer in wind conducting.
The concert opens with Stravinsky’s colour-saturated Symphonies of Wind Instruments, followed by Alban Berg’s Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and 13 Wind Instruments, which was composed in 1925. After the intermission, Paul Hindemeth’s Symphony in B-Flat Major and Martin Ellerby’s fresh Paris Sketches will be performed.
Programme
- Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947)
- Berg: Chamber concerto for violin, piano and 13 wind instruments
Intermission
- Paul Hindemith: Symphony in B-Flat Major
- Martin Ellerby: Paris Sketches
Performers
- Academy Winds
- Petri Komulainen, conductor
- Joosep Reimaa, violin
- Nina Haug, piano
Further information: Anna Rombach
Academy Winds
The Academy Winds ensemble of the Sibelius Academy at Uniarts Helsinki performs periodically. It has existed in its current form since 2012, when lecturer in wind conducting Peter Ettrup Larsen established the ensemble. Academy Winds includes separate brass and woodwind ensembles Academy Brass and Academy Woodwinds.
The performers are selected from among orchestral instrument students for rehearsal periods which last 4–6 days and culminate in a public concert. The work schedule mimics those of professional orchestras. Academy Winds is coordinated by Petri Komulainen, lecturer in wind conducting.