Baroque Organ Christmas

The organ of the Music House invites you to a Christmas celebration, where the table is set with Johann Sebastian Bach's music. Bach's colleagues Georg Friedrich Händel and Tomaso Albinoni also take part in the refreshments. Organ solos and improvisations shine their bright light into the dimness of mid‑winter. In the soprano arias the joy of Christmas is celebrated, a sparkling trumpet joins the merriment with its bright tone. And a proper Christmas celebration is nothing without a community song! Between musical performances familiar Christmas songs are sung with the full force of the audience. At the organ bench sit the tide‑changing cantor of Leppävaara Parish, organ artist Pauliina Hyry, and organ music lecturer Christian Ahlskog from the Oulu Conservatory. Trumpet solos are announced by Sibelius Academy Brass Music professor Pasi Pirinen, and the Christmas arias are sung by Johanna Isokoski. Johanna Isokoski, soprano Pasi Pirinen, trumpet Pauliina Hyry and Christian Ahlskog, organ Program Johann Sebastian Bach: Praeludium et Fuge C‑duuri, BWV 547 Christian Ahlskog, organ Community song Enkeli taivaan lausui näin Christian Ahlskog, organ Johann Sebastian Bach: Canonische Veränderungen über Vom Himmel Hoch, BWV 769a Christian Ahlskog, organ Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto B‑duuri, Op.7 No.3 Pasi Pirinen, trumpet Pauliina Hyry, organ Community song Oi Kuusipuu Christian Ahlskog, organ -- INTERMISSION -- Georg Friedrich Händel: Rejoice, rejoice (Messiah oratorio) Johanna Isokoski, soprano Pauliina Hyry, organ Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 Pauliina Hyry, organ Community song Heinillä härkien kaukalon Pauliina Hyry, organ Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen Johanna Isokoski, soprano Pasi Pirinen, trumpet Pauliina Hyry, organ Johann Sebastian Bach: Pièce d’Orgue (Fantasia) G‑duuri, BWV 572 Pauliina Hyry, organ Community song Maa on niin kaunis Johanna Isokoski, soprano Pasi Pirinen, trumpet Christian Ahlskog, organ