Free entry with a season ticket
Elisar Riddelin, conductor
Meeri Pulakka, soprano
Alfred Schnittke
(arr. E. Riddelin)
• Silent Night
Hildegard von Bingen
(arr. E. Riddelin)
• O Frondens Virga
Takashi Yoshimatsu
• And Birds Are Still op. 72
Florence Price
• Adoration
Per-Erik Moraeus
(arr. L. & A. Pulakka)
• Koppången
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
• Waltz from Four Novelletten, Op. 52
Georg Friedrich Händel
• I know that my Redeemer liveth
from the oratorio Messiah
Arcangelo Corelli
• Concerto grosso Op. 6 No 4 in D major
and traditional christmas carols
Conductor Elisar Riddelin, who has already appeared before many Finnish orchestras, makes his debut in Kokkola in a traditional Christmas concert. We are led into the Christmas celebrations by pleasantly seasoned orchestral works appropriate to the time of year. Kokkola-born soprano Meeri Pulakka interprets loved Christmas carols.
