A Finn in Venice - that's actually enough to whet your appetite for this concert. The jazz pianist Iiro Rantala has composed a portrait of the city, in classical instrumentation for piano and strings. The staggering of the gondolas as big-boned Scandinavians enter the city can be heard in it as well as the melancholy of the souls that fall for Venice's morbid beauty. Rantala has a sense of humour, his tour of the city hits a snag. What comes around the next corner - a wild run with Vivaldi or an improvised dance on the spot?
Programme
Iiro Rantala
Veneziana for piano and string quartet and other works
Artists
Iiro Rantala PLAVIO
Florian Willeitner VIOLINE
Daniel Stoll VIOLINE
Sander Stuart VIOLA
Leonard Disselhorst VIOLONCELLO
