SINFONIA FINLANDIA

Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä was founded in 1955. Since 2003 the artistic director has been the French flautist and conductor Patrick Gallois, who has followed his predecessors in directing the orchestra on many concert tours abroad, taking the orchestra throughout Finland and to Japan, France, Spain, Poland and Norway. For some years now the Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä has appeared at various summer festivals, and collaborates closely with the Jyväskylä Opera. The orchestra’s activities include recordings, notably the first recording of the famous Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara’s opera Aleksis Kivi, among other acclaimed releases. Their first Naxos recording, of early Haydn symphonies (8.557571) was released in 2004, to be followed by two further Haydn albums (8.570761 and 8.557771). The orchestra has also recorded for Naxos music by Sibelius and Desbrière (8.557985F), Gounod (8.557463) and Franz and Karl Doppler (8.570378).

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death, a special 34-CD Box Set of THE COMPLETE SYMPHONIES (8.503400) has been released featuring Sinfonia Finlandia.

Photo by: Pekka Rötkönen

Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä with Patrick Gallois (foreground); Photo by: Pekka Rötkönen

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
DOPPLER, F. / DOPPLER, K.: Music for Flutes and Orchestra	8.570378
GERSHWIN, G.: Clarinet and Strings Music - Porgy and Bess Suite / An American in Paris / Preludes (Lethiec, Sinfonia Finlandia, Gallois)	8.570939
GOUNOD: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2	8.557463
HAYDN, J.: Symphonies, Vol. 33 (Nos. 25, 42, 65)	8.570761
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 29 (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)	8.557571
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 32 (Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12)	8.557771
NIEMINEN, K.: Palomar / Clarinet Concerto, "Through Shadows I Can Hear Ancient Voices" / Vicoli in ombra (Gallois, Raasakka, Sinfonia Finlandia)	8.572061
SIBELIUS (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552135-36
SIBELIUS: Pelleas and Melisande / DESBRIERE: Sinfonia	8.557985
SPOHR, L.: Violin Concertos Nos. 6, 8, 11 (Lamsma, Sinfonia Finlandia, P. Gallois)	8.570528