Kuudennen kerroksen orkesteri

The Orchestra of the Sixth Floor

Kuudennen kerroksen yhtye

The Sixth Floor Ensemble

A baroque orchestra and ensemble from Finland

Tästä orkesterin uusille kotisivuille - From here to the new pages of the orchestra

"The Sixth Floor" is a group of Finnish musicians specialising in early music performing in different compilations from a big baroque orchestra to small instrumental/vocal chamber ensemble. Founded in 1989, it has regularly given concerts in Helsinki and in the capital district of Finland and in several Finnish festivals (Kuhmo, Naantali, Hämeenlinna, Turku). Many of its biggest productions have been organised and broadcasted by the Finnish Radio, e.g. Bach: The Christmas Oratorio, Handel's and Purcell's Odes to St Cecilia.

Its members are active as well in other Finnish early music ensembles as in important Finnish Orchestras such as Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Finnish National Opera, Avanti! and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Many of the players are also active abroad, taking part in the work of several internationally known orchstras such as La Chapelle Royale, Musica Antiqua Köln, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, The Orchestra of the 18th Century and Tragicomedia.

The orchestra is also a ground organization for most of the early music ensembles working in Finland.
Battalia, Millennio, The Spirit of Gambo, La Compagnie Inégale and the recorder consort Gone with the wind are groups with a more or less unchanging personnel.
 
Under the name "Sixth Floor Ensemble" there has been performing a variety of ensemble combinations from violin-cello-harpsichord-trio to a group of twelve singers plus equal amount of instrumentalists. These smaller ensembles have given during the last five years over sixty concerts, not including the productions of Battalia, Millennio and others.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Recordings:

The Sixth Floor Ensemble - Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, 1992
Geminiani, Veracini, Vitali, Vivaldi, Corelli
Kreeta-Maria Kentala, violin
Maria Pulakka, violin
Lauri Pulakka. cello
Anssi Mattila, harpsichord
CLASSICA CL 101
 
The Sixth Floor Orchestra - In the Times of Baroque, 1994
Telemann: Suite in a minor
Petra Aminoff, recorder
The Sixth Floor Orchestra
Anssi Mattila, conductor
CLASSICA CL 108
LATEST CD's:

Antonio Vivaldi: Six Concertos

Sixth Floor Orchestra - conductor: Anssi Mattila

Classical Age in Finland

Erik Ferling - Thomas Byström - Fredrik Lithander - Erik Tulindberg

Sixth Floor Orchestra - conductor: Jukka Rautasalo

Kreeta-Maria Kentala, violin

Herman Wallén, song

SOME PROGRAMMES OF THE SIXTH FLOOR ORCHESTRA

25.11.1989 The first concert with the name Sixth Floor Orchestra in a series of concerts arranged by the Finnish Radio in the German Church, Helsinki. Farina: Capriccio stravagante - Rebel: Les Elements. cond. Anssi Mattila, cembalo.
7.11.1990 Concert arranged by the Finnish radio in the house of Knights, Helsinki. Telemann: Ouverture La Putain, C.Ph.E.Bach: Celloconcerto A major, Sinfonia C, G.F.Händel: Concerto grosso op. 6,11 A. cond. Anssi Mattila, cembalo. sol. Jaap ter Linden.

16.05. 1991 Concert arranged by the Finnish radio in the Old Church, Helsinki. Telemann: Ouverture a, Petra Aminoff, recorder - Leclair: Violinconcerto g, Kreeta-Maria Kentala - Händel: Cantata "Tra le Fiamme", Päivi Järviö, soprano, Mika Suihkonen, viola da gamba - Haydn: Concerto for violin and harpsichord F, Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen & Anssi Mattila.

25.10.1991 Concert arranged by the Finnish radio in the house of Knights, Helsinki. Telemann: Musique de Table I, cond. Anssi Mattila, cembalo.

30.10.1992 Concert arranged by the Finnish radio in the house of Knights, Helsinki. Händel - Vivaldi - Bach - Corelli, cond. & sol. Anssi Mattila, cembalo.

16.12.1992 Händel: Messiah in Kallio Church, Helsinki and 17.12.1992 in the Church of the Cross, Lahti with Estonian Philharmonic Choir, sol. Merja Wirkkala, David Cordier, Ian Honeyman & Harry van der Kamp. cond. Tönu Kaljuste

19.09.1993 Corelli: 6 Concerti grossi in the Old Church, Helsinki. cond. Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen and Kreeta-Maria Kentala.

27.11.1993 J.S.Bach: Christmas oratorio I - III with Tapiola Chamber Choir, sol. Merja Wirkkala, Laura Nykänen, Tom Nyman, Andrus Mitt, cond. Anssi Mattila. Direct broadcast of the Finnish Radio

27.11.1994 J.S.Bach: Cantatas for the 1. Advent in the Old Church, Helsinki with Choir of the Sibelius Academy, cond. Anssi Mattila. Series of the Sibelius Academy.

1995

5.1. J.S.Bach: Music for recorders, gambas ja violas in the Concert Hall of the Sibelius Academy. Cantatas 18 and 106 & Brandenburg Concerto no 6. cond. Anssi Mattila. Series of the Sibelius Academy.

9.-13.8. Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Les Arts Florissants" in the courtyard of the Castle in Turku (4 perfomances) cond. Anssi Mattila. The Turku Music Festival.

5.10. Sixth Floor Orchestra at the Hämeenlinna City Hall. Cond. Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen. Music in the Castle -Festival.

23.11. Purcell and Händel: Odes to St. Cecilia. Radio Chamber Choir, cond. Anssi Mattila. Direct broadcast of the Finnish Radio

25.11. Purcell: Dido ja Æneas. Cond. Andrew Lawrence-King. Direct broadcast of the Finnish Radio

1996

9.-16.8. J.F.Dandrieu: Les Caractères de la Guerre and Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Les Arts Florissants" in the courtyard of the Castle in Turku (5 perfomances) cond. Anssi Mattila. The Turku Music Festival.

15.12. Sixth Floor Orchestra at the House of Knights in Helsinki. J.S.Bach: Cantatas 49 and 58, Violin Concerto A minor, Suite in C major. Sol. Pia Freund and Petteri Salomaa, cond. Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen and Anssi Mattila

The Sixth Floor Ensemble performing at Rundale Castle in Latvia, summer 1996

SIXTH FLOOR ENSEMBLE - SOME PROGRAMMES FROM THE LAST FEW YEARS

A SERIES OF GERMAN CANTATAS:
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)
Symphoniæ Sacræ I (Venezia 1629):
Exultavit cor meum in Domino SWV 258
In te, Domine, speravi SWV 259
Jubilate Deo omnis terra SWV 262

 

 

Symphoniæ Sacræ II (Symphoniarum sacrarum secunda pars, Dresden 1647):

Verleih uns Frieden & Gib unsern Fürsten SWV 354 & SWV 355
Symphoniæ Sacræ III (Symphoniarum sacrarum tertia pars, Dresden 1650):
Mein Sohn, warum hast du uns getan SWV 401
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)
Cantata "Nichts soll uns scheiden von der Liebe Gottes" BuxWV 77

Sonata for violin, viola da gamba and continuo A minor op.1, no 3 BuxWV 254 (Lübeck ?1694)

Cantata "Wie soll ich dich empfangen" BuxWV 109

Aria: More Palatino, 12 variation for harpsichord BuxWv 247

Cantata "Jesu, meine Freude" BuxWV 60


 

 

Heinrich Bach (1615 - 1692): Lamento: Ach, daß ich Wassers gnug hätte

Johann Christoph Bach (1642 - 1703): Præludium et Fuga

Johann Bernhard Bach (1676 - 1749): Ouverture in D

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):

Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra D-duuri BWV 1054
Cantata "Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid" BWV 58

 

 

Franz Tunder (1614 - 1667): Nisi Dominus ædificaverit. Dialogo

Mattias Weckmann (1621 - 1674): Angelicus coeli chorus

Johann Schelle (1648 - 1701): Ach, mein herzliebtes Jesulein

Johann Philipp Krieger (1649 - 1725):

Die Welt kann den Geist der Wahrheit nicht empfangen
O Jesu, du mein Leben
Uns ist ein Kind geboren
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767)
 
Cantata "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen" from the collection "Musikalisches Lob Gottes in der Gemeine des Herrn"
Triosonata d-moll
Christoph Graupner (1683 - 1760)
Cantata "Ach, Herr, mich armen Sünder"
Sonata g-molli for harpsichord and violin
Cantata "Dennoch bleib ich stets an dir"

MUSIC BY FEMALE COMPOSERS

Francesca Caccini (1587 - 1640?): Aria "O che nuovo stupor"

Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1664?): Lamento "Udite, amanti la cagione" [Cantate, ariette e duetti op.2, Venezia 1651]

Isabella Leonarda (1620 - 1700?): Sonata Duodecima [Sonate op.16, Bologna 1693]

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1666? - 1729): Kantaatti "Le Temple Rebasti" [Cantates françoises sur les sujets tirés de l'écriture, livre I, Paris 1708]

ITALIAN MUSIC

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Ed è pur dunque vero (Scherzi musicali 1632)

Francesco Turini (1589 - 1656): Sonata a doi violini (1621)

Biagio Marini (1587 - 1663): Sonata a 2 & Sonata a 3 sopra "Fuggi dolente core" (1655)

Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1664?): Udite amanti (1651)

Dario Castello (16?? -16??): Sonata prima, Sonata seconda & Sonata terza (1629)

Giovanni Legrenzi (1626 - 1690): Dalle Cimere Grotte (Cantate e Canzonette 1676)

Martino Pesenti (1600? - 1648?):

O biondetta lascivetta
Pietate, occhi, pietate
Ohimé, ch'io pur non oso
Non si creda ad'amor
(Arie a voce sola, libro III 1636)
Giovanni Legrenzi:
La Benaglia & La Tassa (1673)
Che non fa, che non può (Cantate e Canzonette 1676)
Barbara Strozzi: Or che Apollo è a Teti in seno

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: MUSIC FOR CHRISTMASTIME

Pastorale sur la naissance de N.S.J.C

Six Noels

In nativitatem D N J C Canticum

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