Big emotions are part of the Christmas season! The Polytech Orchestra performs two massive and touching musical pieces: Beethoven’s Egmont overture and Shostakovich’s 5th symphony. The concerts will be held on December 3rd at Ritarihuone, Helsinki and on December 5th at Uusi Paviljonki, Kauniainen.

The soloist is Johannes Rauhamaa, who has played flute for several years in Polytech Orchestra. The conductor is Andreas Vogelsberger from Sibelius Academy orchestral conducting class.

Beethoven: Egmont overture, op. 84
Nielsen: Flute concerto, D.F. 119
     Johannes Rauhamaa, soloist
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 at 7pm Ritarihuone, Ritarikatu 1, Helsinki
Friday, December 5th, 2014 at 6pm Uusi paviljonki, Läntinen koulupolku 3, Kauniainen

Tickets 15/7 € from polyteknikkojenorkesteri.fi and from the concert hall door. 

The Polytech Orchestra, founded in 1922, is a student symphony orchestra with around 100 active members. We are one of the numerous organizations coordinated by Aalto University Student Union (AYY). Most of us are students in Aalto but there are also students from other universities as well as people who have already graduated. The main event of the year is the spring concert series, which includes concerts in the Helsinki area and tour around other Finnish cities. The orchestra has also given concerts abroad; the PO has visited for instance Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Estonia and Sweden. Other important annual events are the Waputin matinee on the 1st of May and the Christmas concerts. The orchestra also plays yearly in the Printempo concert with the other musical organizations of the Aalto University. In addition, the PO takes part in many different concerts and productions.