OR: Pianist Janne Oksanen

In Portland, Finnish pianist Janne Oksanen will play works by a Finnish composer relatively unknown outside Finland and a contemporary of Sibelius, Toivo Kuula, in a free concert, “Echoes from the North.”

The program will include Beethoven and Chopin, as well as Kuula: Beethoven’s Piano Sonata no. 31 in A Flat op. 110; Kuula’s Satukuvia op. 19 (“Fairytale Pictures”), Nocturne op. 26 no. 4, Dance Improvisation op. 26 no. 3, and Lampaanpolska (“Shepherd’s Polska”); Chopin’s Barcarolle in F Sharp op. 60 and Piano Sonata no. 3 in B Minor op. 58.