Hi Everyone,
This will be my first time ever posting something on a blog (thank you, Juhli, for thinking I was technologically skilled
enough to be able to do this). Peter and Claire left on Wed. night for a trip to Finland and Sweden, and Peter has
asked me to post the following on our new blog. I hope it works...
--Paula
Dear all - thanks for a great first practice. C and I are now tucked into a cute pad in the forested northwest corner of Helsinki and will begin to explore when it gets light. Today and tomorrow will find us busy with this wonderful choral event - please take a few minutes to share the experience with us:
Harald Andersen Choral competition.
The International Harald Andersén Chamber Choir Competition has been held every three years since 2003. This high-quality competition is open to any mixed choir with 16 to 40 singers, with no limitations on nationality. The choir may include professional singers. The Competition was named after pioneering Finnish choral conductor Harald Andersén (1919–2001).
Nine top level international chamber choirs will compete in the V International Harald Andersén Chamber Choir Competition on 23rd and 24th September 2016. The competition is organized by the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
The participating choirs are:
* Addictio (Finland)
* Ahjo Ensemble (Finland)
* Collegium Musicale (Estonia)
* Kamēr... (Latvia)
* Kampin Laulu (Finland)
* New Dublin Voices (Ireland)
* Spira Ensemble (Finland)
* S:t Jacobs Ungdomskör (Sweden)
* Turun konservatorion kamarikuoro (Finland)
Eleven choirs were initially chosen to participate in the competition but two of them have unfortunately cancelled their participation.
In the preliminary round on Friday September 23rd, the choirs will perform the mandatory competition piece which is the third part Mais je suis mort of Riikka Talvitie’s composition Même mort (2002). Based on the preliminary competition, no more than six choirs will be selected for the final on September 24th. The competition will be concluded with a gala concert on September 24th at 7 p.m. in the Helsinki Music Centre concert hall. In this event, the winner will be also announced. The guest of the gala, performing in addition to the competing choirs, is vocal ensemble Club for Five and the concert will be hosted by Tuukka Haapaniemi.
Those of you who like The Idea of North might want to sample a few tracks from Club for Five:
And for those of you with quiet time at unusual times of day (Finland is 10 hours ahead of Vancouver) consider catching the competition online:
We'll miss you next Wednesday (Peter has work in Stockholm) but will be with you again the following week.
Peter and Claire
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