Marjukka Tepponen, Waltteri Torikka & Jukka Nykänen

A Night by Lake Saimaa

    This feelgood concert will feature at least the timeless ”Speak Softly, Love” and the moving widow’s song from the opera Porgy and Bess. The array of opera, operetta, musical and film tunes will also include familiar Finnish solo numbers and improvisations by the multi-talented Jukka Nykänen.

    A Night by Lake Saimaa is made special by not just its charismatic performers but also its sparkling, summery ambience. The complete programme will be announced later.

    Like his inspiration, Franz Liszt, Jukka Nykänen is a true virtuoso. The pianist is also an accomplished composer, arranger and entertainer.


    A Night by Lake Saimaa concert will take place at Kerimäki Church instead of Olavinlinna. We will limit audience numbers and ensure safe distancing at the concert according to any restrictions that are in place.   

    If you have tickets for this concert, your reservation remains valid, but you can also make changes to it. We have reached out to all ticket holders via email or text message. Read more about tickets 

    Concerts and a singing competition will bring joy to summer 2021, even though we’ve had to postpone our opera performances until summer 2022. Information about the concerts

    • Marjukka Tepponen

      soprano

    • baritone
    • Jukka Nykänen

      pianist

    • String quartet

    • Duration

      70 minutes (no interval)

    Programme

    • Oskar Merikanto

      Summer Evening Waltz, op. 1 (arr. Jukka Nykänen) 

    • Jean Sibelius

      Spring Fleets Fast, op. 13/4 

    • Oskar Merikanto

      At Sea, op. 47/4

    • Toivo Kuula

      Autumn Mood, op. 2/1

    • Perttu Hietanen

      Nocturne 

    • Giacomo Puccini

      La Bohème medley (arr. Jukka Nykänen) 

    • Mimi! – Speravo di trovarvi quifrom the opera La Bohème 

    • Donde lieta uscìfrom the opera La Bohème 

    • Richard Wagner

      ”Wie Todesahnung… O, du mein holder Abendstern” from the opera Tannhäuser 

    • Franz Lehár

      Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heissfrom the operetta Giuditta 

    • Franz Lehár

      Lips are sealedLippen schweigen” from the operetta The Merry Widow

    • Max Steiner

      Tara’s Themefrom the film Gone With the Wind

    • Nils-Eric Fougstedt

      Romance from the film Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi (“Katariina and the Count of Munkkiniemi”) 

    • Nino Rota

      Parla più piano, from the film The Godfather

    • George Gershwin

      ”My Man’s Gone Now” from the opera Porgy & Bess

    • Joaquín Rodrigo & Alfredo García Segura

      En Aranjuez con tu amor 

    • George Gershwin

      ”Bess, You Is My Woman Now” from the opera Porgy & Bess 

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