Exhibition in the Rotunda: The Arctic Puritan – Glimpses into the World of Yrjö Kilpinen’s Lieds
Date: 4.2 - 9.2.2012
Time: 9:00 - 20:00
Place: In the Rotunda
Yrjö Kilpinen (photo: Sibelius Museum)
Exhibition design: Conductor Erkki Pullinen.
The composer’s life story and output are presented with manuscripts, printed sheet music, photographs, newspaper clippings, recordings, and other documents
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Also displayed is the first collection of sheet music material from a project, supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, whose purpose is print Kilpinen’s unpublished lieds, approximately 350 musical manuscripts from the collection of the National Library of Finland. Editor: Erkki Pullinen, publisher: Sulasol.
In cooperation with the Yrjö Kilpinen Society, National Library of Finland, Sibelius Academy, and Sibelius Museum in Turku.
