FRSO & Nicholas Collon & Francesco Piemontesi & Anu Komsi

Yle was launched 100 years ago this year. That calls for a celebration – and in classical music, celebrations don’t come much bigger than Janacek’s exuberant Sinfonietta. 

But that’s just the spectacular climax to tonight’s musical journey back to 1926, the year it all began. First, Nicholas Collon visits France, Hungary (in company with piano virtusoso Francesco Piemontesi) and – of course – Finland, where Väinö Raitio has a typically fantastic message from his time to this day.

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO)

Nicholas Collon, conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, piano
Anu Komsi, soprano

Albert Roussel: Suite F Major
Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1
Väinö Raitio: Puistokuja for soprano and orchestra
Leoš Janáček: Sinfonietta

Late-Night Chamber Music
Erkki Melartin: String Trio Op.133 A Minor
Emma Vähälä, violin
Ezra Woo, viola
Tuomas Lehto, cello

Musiikkitalo, Concert Hall

23.1.2026

19.00-21.00

Tickets 12,50-42 € from Musiikkitalo