The final concert of the Eesti Kontsert season. Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Jonas Silinskas Conductor Nicholas Collon Programme: Raitio. Ballet/intermezzo “Waterspout” (Vesipatsas) Weinberg. Trumpet concert op. 94 Bernstein. Symphonic dances from the musical “West Side Story” Ravel. “La valse” The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) is the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle), and its mission is to produce and promote Finnish musical culture. Its Chief Conductors have been Toivo Haapanen, Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Sakari Oramo, Hannu Lintu, and as of autumn 2021 Nicholas Collon. In addition to the great Classical-Romantic masterpieces, the latest contemporary music is a major item in the repertoire of the FRSO, which each year premieres a number of Yle commissions. Another of the orchestra’s tasks is to record all Finnish orchestral music for the Yle archive.