Marquette – A free piano concert to feature music of Finnish composers will be offered on Tuesday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Reynolds Recital Hall on the campus of Northern Michigan University.
This concert is jointly sponsored by Northern Michigan University’s Department of Music and the League of Finnish-American Societies UP Chapter Finlandia Foundation Affiliate with the help of a grant from Finlandia Foundation National. The concert will include works by Sibelius, Kuula, Rautavaara, Madetoja, Kokkonen, and Melartin.
The Rautavaara work, titled “Ikonit” (Icons) will have descriptions of the icons that inspired the composer. They will be read in Finnish by Tanya Stanaway of Ishpeming with written English translations for the audience to follow along. Finland declared its independence from Russia in 1917. This concert is one of the events around the world that celebrates this centennial year.
Admission is free, but donations are welcomed. For more information, call 227-2563 (NMU Music) or 228-8035 (League).
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