Sallinen at 70

Sallinen at 70
On April 9 Aulis Sallinen celebrates his 70th birthday. His birthday week is marked by the Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra’s concert performance of The King Goes Forth to France, plus two performances of his Symphony No 1 by the Turku Philharmonic.

The German premiere of Symphony No 8 given by the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz conducted by Ari Rasilainen on April 13 coincides with the launch of their CD of the work, which is the second in CPO’s cycle of the complete Sallinen orchestral music; the third disc to be released in June.

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