Due to the corona situation, UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra will replace its concert activities with streamed concerts. Two online concerts are scheduled for December.
Online Concert: Favorites from the Great American Songbook
UMO Helsinki Ensemble feat. Annimaria Rinne: Great American Songbook
Thu 3rd Dec 2020 at 19:00 pm - Thu 10th Dec 2020 // Sipoo Municipality YouTube Channel, free stream
Singer Annimaria Rinne and the UMO Helsinki Ensemble unprejudicedly grasp the verses of the great American songbook.
The concert can be watched on Sipoo municipality's YouTube channel for free on 3rd December. from 10:00 pm for 7 days.
Online Concert: Christmas Classic The Nutcracker as a Jazz Arrangement by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra: The Nutcracker
Conductor Ed Partyka
Mon 21.12.2020 7 pm - Mon 28.12.2020 // UMO Helsinki mobile application
Tickets 10 €, purchased from the application
Available only through the UMO Helsinki application on December 21-28.
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra plays the rarely heard jazz arrangement of Tchaikovsky's beloved Christmas classic The Nutcracker. Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn wrote and recorded their original version of the work in 1960 and it is now heard as a fresh interpretation by UMO Helsinki. The concert was recorded in December 2020 and is conducted by the orchestra’s chief conductor Ed Partyka.
You can watch the concert on a smart TV via Chromecast, AirPlay and Apple TV.
Download from the Google Play Store for Android devices: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=en.gapp.umo
Download from AppStore to iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, AppleTV): https://apps.apple.com/fi/app/umo-helsinki/id1522258046?l=fi
Photo: Maarit Kytöharju