HELSINKI PHILHARMONIC CHOIR

The Helsinki Philharmonic Choir (in Finnish: Helsingin filharmoninen kuoro, HFK) was founded in 2007 and has established itself as one of Finland's leading mixed choirs. It has built up a reputation for its challenging repertoire and its expressive and metallic sound.

In recent years the repertoire included amongst others the requiems by Verdi, Mozart and Brahms, Klami's Psalmus and Orff's Carmina Burana. The choir has also performed in opera and operetta productions like Puccini's Turandot (2020, 2023), Lehár's Giuditta (2019), Verdi's Don Carlos (2018) or Bernstein's Candide (2018, 2022). In the fall of 2023 HFK was a guest artist in the Finnish National Opera and Ballet's production Messa da Requiem.

31.10.2025 at 19:00
Rajalla
Temppeliaukio church

Agora Music Collective

All Saints' Day concert

Join us for an All Saints’ Day evening with music – through the works of Mendelssohn and Bruckner we pause at the threshold of life and death, remembering those who have passed and experiencing the power of music together.

The concert Rajalla "At the Border" takes the listener across two boundaries: the transitions of human life and the musical shift between Classicism and Romanticism. The evening culminates in Anton Bruckner’s moving Requiem in D minor.

This event offers a complete experience you can include the concert as part of your All Saints’ Day observance with loved ones, visiting graves, and quiet reflection accompanied by profound music.

Programme:

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (MWV A 7)
Jesu, meine Freude (MWV A 6)
Sinfonie-Satz (Sinfonia X) in B minor, MWV N 10

Anton Bruckner
Requiem in D minor, WAB 39

Total duration without intermission: approx. 70 minutes.

Performers:

Elsa Angervo, soprano (Winner of the Timo Mustakallio Competition 2025)
Olivia Kyllönen, alto
Otso Sipilä, tenor
Martin Iivarinen, bass (Recipient of the Eero Rantala Foundation Prize 2025)

Helsinki Philharmonic Choir
Agora Music Collective

Osta Liput

26th August 2025 at 19:00

Sing-Along

Mozart: Requiem

Autumn Season Opening

Welcome! No advance registration required. Bring your own score. (If you don’t have one, you’re welcome to share with your neighbor from Filkkarit.)

Join us in starting the autumn in a powerful way by singing together Mozart’s masterpiece Requiem!

Sing-Along Mozart Requiem at Lauttasaari Church is a low-threshold community singing event where the audience doesn’t just listen, they become part of the performance. No registration is needed just bring your score and let the music carry you away.

There is no dress rehearsal or experience required: the most important thing is the joy of singing together and a shared love for music.

Mozart’s Requiem is one of the most powerful works in classical music: full of emotion, strength, and beauty. Now you have the unique opportunity to be part of this moving musical experience.

Programme:

18:00 Introduction to the work by Tommi Niskala. Meet and mingle with Filkkarit.

19:00 Full sing-through of Mozart’s Requiem with organ and soloists.

Welcome!
August 26th at Lauttasaari Church

HIRE OUR SINGERS

We are performing in different compositions from quartet to the full choir. Our repertoire includes both pop and classical pieces.

HIRE HFK

The large mixed choir had prepared for its great task very carefully. It is a disciplined, unified choir, whose sonorous voice groups are in good balance with each other and stand out as their own clear lines in a warm and bright, pure harmony.

The rhythmic fugal impact of the choir made the Handel-inspired ascents into the performance's festive and fantastic climaxes.

- Helsingin Sanomat 9.2.2024