The Jyväskylä Symphony: The Symphony's Christmas

To 10.12. Taulumäki Church at 6 pm Maximilian Fagerlund, conductor Marjukka Tepponen, soprano Elias Lassfolk, violin Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Prelude Rebecca Clarke: Combined Carols J. S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3, Air Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Winter G. F. Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 'Winter Daydreams', Scherzo Finnish and German Christmas carols And so it is that time of the year again, when thousands of lights are lit, and the Christmas tree stands on the floor, and the Jyväskylä Symphony also tunes in to the Christmas atmosphere with a colorful and sparkling Christmas concert! It is hard to imagine a better guide to the world of the Christmas miracle and the lures of Finnish and Central European Christmas carols than the long-time favorite of Jyväskylä residents, the charismatic Marjukka Tepponen, and the young musical phenomenon Maximilian Fagerlund, together with concert master Elias Lassfolk, scoops the brightest gems of the classics from Vivaldi to Tchaikovsky into the gift bag. Let the symphonic orchestra's ecstatic sound banish the gloom of the darkest midwinter depression, as Christmas, Christmas is ours!