
Founded in autumn 2011 on the initiative of Hannu Lintu, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and John Storgårds, the Helsinki Music Centre Choir consists of about 80 singers. It works in close partnership with the main Helsinki Music Centre occupants: the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sibelius Academy. Its Artistic Director has from the very beginning been composer Tapani Länsiö and the members are amateurs with a passion for singing.
The Helsinki Music Centre Choir made its debut in 2012 with a performance of Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem and ended its first year with Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. All in all, the repertoire consists mainly of symphonic choral and orchestral works and unaccompanied music for large choir, not forgetting contemporary music. The Choir appears in concert from eight to ten times a year, mainly at the Helsinki Music Centre but also at other venues.
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Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano
John Findon, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Helsinki Music Centre Choir
Cambridge University Symphony Chorus
Dominante
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Alumni of the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Collon
ODE 1451-2D
Released 02/2025
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Rubáiyát, song cycle for baritone and orchestra
Into the Heart of Light (Canto V) for string orchestra
Balada for tenor, mixed choir and orchestra
Four songs from the opera Rasputin for mixed choir and orchestra
Gerald Finley, bass-baritone
Mika Pohjonen, tenor
Helsinki Music Centre Choir
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor
ODE 1274-2
Released 05/2016