Rusk 2026 – Continuum for Quartet

21.11.2026
15:00

Kuddnäs, Gula salen

5-16 € – Buy tickets now!

Jakobstads Sinfonietta / Pietarsaaren Sinfonietta, Visit web page

Rusk Chamber Music in Jakobstad 2026
– International creativity at the darkest time of the year

17-21.11.2026

Festival Theme: A Sparkling Future – Young & Immortal
Artistic Directors: Anna-Maria Helsing & Vertavo

21.11.2026, 15.00, “Continuum for Quartet”
Kuddnäs, Yellow salon
Tickets: 15€ / 10€ / 5€

New in 2026: You can now buy a climate ticket to all our concerts, where 1 € of the ticket price will be donated directly to The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation for buying primeval forest in Vörå: https://luonnonperintosaatio.fi/suojelualue/wikskog/. The Climate ticket is part of the festival’s ongoing climate work and one step on the path towards gaining an ecocertificate via Ekokompassi. You can read more about Ekokompassi here: Briefly in English https://ekokompassi.fi/

Lisa Streich (1985–): Askargot for string quartet (2020) 8’
FINNISH PREMIERE

Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884): “From My Life”, String Quartet No. 1 in E minor (1876) 28’
I. Allegro vivo appassionato
II. Allegro moderato à la Polka
III. Largo sostenuto
IV. Vivace
Vertavo (Øyvor Volle & Annabelle Meare, violin, Berit Cardas, viola, Bjørg Lewis, cello)

Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958–): Yta I for alto flute (1982) 5’
Anders Jonhäll, flute

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975): String Quartet No.8, op.110 (1960)  20’
I. Largo
II. Allegro molto
III. Allegretto
IV. Largo
V. Largo
Vertavo (Øyvor Volle & Annabelle Meare, violin, Berit Cardas, viola, Bjørg Lewis, cello)