Dr Terry Charman, Senior Historian at the Imperial War Museum, will give a talk on Britain’s declaration of war on Finland in 1941. Dr Charman is the author of several books about the Second World War including The Day we Went to War and Outbreak 1939: the World Goes to War. The meeting will take place at 6.30 for 7.00pm in the Wilkins Room at the London School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1. Members who wish to attend should notify the Hon Secretary in the usual way; other interested persons should use the contact form on this website. Notifications should be sent by 23 November.
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Tour of BBC Broadcasting House
We have booked a group tour of BBC Broadcasting House to start at 4.30pm. Tours last about 90 minutes. The cost is £12.75 for adults and £11.00 for concessions. More information about the building and the BBC’s operations there can be seen at www.bbc.co.uk/broadcastinghouse. The minimum number for the group is 15, maximum 25. There are all kinds of rules and security regulations, but I will notify those direct to participants closer to the date rather than set them all out here. Our deadline for confirming numbers and making payment is 18 September so please confirm and let me have your cheque (payable to Anglo-Finnish Society) at latest by 17 September. Places will be reserved on a first-come-first- reserved basis and members will be given preference over non-members. Cheques should be sent direct to the Hon. Secretary.
Maija Hirvanen – For Those Who Have Time
Maija Hirvanen is a rising star of the contemporary performance scene in the Nordic region. For Those Who Have Time is the second part of a proposed trilogy Operation We. The performance will be at the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1 at 8.00pm. Box Office 0844 412 4300.
FRIGG on tour
Frigg is a wonderfully vibrant Finnish folk group. The lineup includes four fiddles, guitar, double bass and mandolin/cittern/bagpipes. Their tour takes them to Horsham, Abergavenny, Southport, London and Poole. The London concert is at St Mark’s Church Hall, Colvestone Crescent, London E8 2NL at 8.00pm. Tickets from www.thenestcollective.co.uk.
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the Philharmonia Orhestra
This afternoon concert includes Sarka from Smetana’s Ma Vlast, Brahms’ violin concerto played by Vilde Frang and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker. Royal Festival Hall, 3.00pm
Sakari Oramo conducts BBC SO
The programme includes Rachmaninov’s Spring Cantata, with the BBC Symphony Chorus and Igor Golovatenko, baritone, Nielsen’s Symphony No 2 and Busoni’s piano concerto in C major (soloist Garrick Ohlsson). Barbican Hall, 7.30 pm
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Pélleas et Mélisande
Esa-Pekka Salonen will conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra in a concert performance of Debussy’s Pélleas et Mélisande. The soloists include Monica Bacelli, Stéphane Degout and Dame Felicity Palmer. Royal Festival Hall, 7.00pm.
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts BBC SO
The programme includes Berlioz, excerpts from Roméo et Juliette, Brett Dean Dramatis Personae, (soloist Håkon Hardenberger) and Prokofiev, Symphony no 3. Barbican Hall, 7.30pm
Sakari Oramo conducts BBC Symphony Orchestra
The programme includes Richard Strauss Don Juan, Grieg piano concerto (soloist Javier Perianes), Sibelius En Saga and Stravinsky The Firebird. Barbican Hall at 7.30pm
Last Night of the Proms
Sakari Oramo will conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in his first “Last Night”. The programme will include all the traditional favourites but will also include a variety of other English music and Richard Strauss’ Taillefer. He is joined by the BBC Singers, the BBC Symphony Chorus, and soloists including Janine Jansen, violin, Elizabeth Watts, soprano, John Daszak, tenor, and Roderick Williams, baritone. Albert Hall, 7.30pm, and also on Radio 3 and BBC TV.