Jazz Finland Live

Symphonic jazz poem "Suomi" is Heikki Sarmanto's declaration of love to the fatherland from whose powerful embrace we draw our strength”. This almost National-Romantic cavalcade of images of forests, clear waters, waving corn and the wide-open sky of the Ostrobothnian plains is sure to melt even the hardest of hearts.

Sarmanto: Suomi, A Symphonic Jazz Poem for Orchestra

Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter

Salonen: Karawane, Finnish premiere (commissioned by Yle)

Performers: Hannu Lintu (conductor), Jukka Perko (saxophone), Aki Rissanen (piano), Antti Lötjönen (double bass), Teppo Mäkynen (drums), Tapiola Chamber Choir led by Hannu Norjanen.