Final concert of the XVth International Festival of Police Orchestras.

A musical project of two combined police symphonic brass orchestras
from Finland and the Czech Republic will offer treasures of classical music, Finnish music premieres, and a work by Belgian composer Bert Appermont, The Brussels Requiem, dedicated to the victims of terrorism and war crimes.

Programme:

Jean Sibelius
Finlandia, symphonic poem

Evžen Zámečník
Lachian Sun, musical picture

Juka Linkola
Fortuna, suite for symphonic wind orchestra

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No 9 From the New World, Largo

Maria Kalaniemi
Wolverine, Finnish folk music stylization

Maurice Ravel
Bolero, arr. Phillip Sparke

Bert Appermont
A Brussels Requiem, the Czech premiere

National anthems of Finland and the Czech Republic

Performers:
The Helsinki Police Symphonic Band
The Band of the Castle Guard and the Police of the Czech Republic
Sami Ruusuvuori, Václav Blahunek – chief conductors