Finnish Flute Concert in Vernon Park, Stockport

Sunday, 20th of August 2006 at 2 - 4 pm

FREE OF CHARGE

Jalas, a group of Finnish flautists from Jalasjarvi, Finland will be taking part in the Manchester International Flute Festival 17 – 21 August 2006. As part of their visit to the Northwest, they will be performing Finnish music at the historic Vernon Park in Stockport.

Come and enjoy the beautiful programme performed by these world class flautists, put together especially by the group leader, Auli Tuohimaki, for our Finnish community in Manchester/Northwest. The Park Manager is quite happy for us to bring a picnic and a bottle of wine, so let’s hope for sunny weather!

Vernon Park is Stockport’s oldest public park lying just to the east of the town centre. It is an exceptional Victorian / Edwardian asset and provides beautifully restored areas of formal and informal parkland. Vernon Park is designated Grade II in the English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, and is an important example of an early public park (first opened in 1858).

Ohjelma / Programme

Five Finnish Traditional Songs / Eteläpohjalainen kansanlaulusikermä, arr.
Herbert Lindholm (Niin kauan minä tramppaan, Metsän puita tuudittaa, Pilvien
paimen, Tukkipoika, Körö körö kirkkoon)

Toivo Kuula: Morning Song / Aamulaulu

The Song of the Lark / Leivosen laulu

Carl Böhm: Rain / Sade

F. A. Ehrström: On the Fountain / Lähteellä

Oskar Merikanto: Romance from the first Finnish Opera "Pohjan neiti"

John W. Bratton: Teddy Bear's Picnic / Teddy-karhujen huviretki

Lennon & McCartney: Yesterday / Eilinen

Londonderry Air, trad.

Unto Mononen: Stars above the Sea / Tähdet meren yllä (tango)

Eugene Damare: The Turtle Dove / Kattokyyhky

Olavi Virta: To My Red-hair Girl / Punatukkaiselle tytölleni

Tango a´la Piazzolla, arr. Heidi Lindroos

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee / Kimalaisen lento

Mauri Viitala: Kangasala-fantasia (according to Gabriel Linsén: Summerday in
Kangasala
/Kesäpäivä Kangasalla) (Folk Song / Kansanlaulu)

Jean Sibelius: Andante festivo


Jalas Flute Group:
Albert Lenkiewicz, flute and piccolo
Tiina-Kaisa Aro-Heinilä, flute
Emilia Packalén, flute
Juulia Rajamäki, flute
Sirpa Mannila, flute
Kristiina Peltomaa, flute
Heidi Peltonen, flute
Jenna Kalmari, flute
Eira Kuoppala, flute
Paula Ikonen, flute
Auli Tuohimäki, flute and altto flute (the leader of the group)
Markus Saarela, flute and bass flute
Singers: Jenni and Markus Saarela

The Group consists of flautists from Jalasjärvi's music institute.

The group members have had personal success: Albert Lenkiewicz has won the
National Wind Music Competition in Lahti in 2003. At the age of only 15 he
got the first prize for the category of flutists under the age of 19. He was
also chosen the best wind player of all the participants. Before that Albert
had already won the second prize at the Vivaldi Flute Competition (a
competition with orchestra).