Orchestra SKU: FG.55011-539-2
Juhla-alkusoitto D-duuri. Composed by Armas Jarnefelt. Study score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-539-2. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-539-2). ISBN 9790550115392.
Armas Jarnefelt (1869-1958) composed his Festouverture (Festive Overture) for the official opening of the Finnish National Theatre on 9 April 1902. This was a great event in the history of Finnish theatre, for it meant that the Finnish Theatre founded by Kaarlo and Emilie Bergbom in 1872 at last had a home of its own. The eight minute overture is a jubilant example of Jarnefelt's orchestral writing, through which he introduced a new, Wagnerian voice into Finnish music.
