Unfinished

This concert is all about the unfinished – both in content and in setting. In the rugged atmosphere of AaltoSiilo, local composer Lauri Marjakangas presents his contribution to a musical chain letter, a piece that begins its journey in June at Sysmä’s Suvisoitto Festival and arrives in Oulu directly from Rauma Festivo. Marjakangas’ task is to pick up the musical thread from the previous composer and then send the “letter” forward after the festival.

The theme of incompleteness is also explored through J. S. Bach’s famous final fugue from The Art of Fugue. According to a well-known urban legend, Bach died while writing this unfinished fugue. However, a recently published study offers a compelling alternative theory. Was the unfinished ending intentional? And could Bach have been the original father of our chain letter idea?

Please note: AaltoSiilo is still under renovation and may be chilly in cold weather.

Lina Leikola, violin
Elina Vähälä, violin
Atte Kilpeläinen, viola
Anna Westerlund, cello
Maria Krykov, double bass

Programme

Lauri Marjakangas: Part of the Chain Letter (world premiere)

Lina Leikola, violin
Atte Kilpeläinen, viola
Maria Krykov, double bass

Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus 1 and 14

Elina Vähälä, violin
Lina Leikola, violin
Atte Kilpeläinen, viola
Anna Westerlund, cello

Lauri Marjakangas: Jussin Mikon polska (2025)

Lina Leikola, violin
Elina Vähälä, violin
Atte Kilpeläinen, viola
Anna Westerlund, cello
Maria Krykov, double bass

In co-operation with: Factum Foundation and AaltoSiilo