When Pikku Papun Orkesteri gets together with the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra, you get the biggest children’s concert of the autumn for the whole family at Kulttuuritalo!
Pikku Papu’s immensely popular hits will be heard in familiar but new versions, arranged for a big band. With over 20 members in the orchestra, there’s plenty to see and listen to: melodious and shiny trumpets, trombones and saxophones, with rhythmic piano, bass, guitar and drums. The arrangements are made by Mikko Hassinen, who also conducts the concert.
Pikku Papu’s lyricist and illustrator Liisa Kallio is on stage with the musicians at the concert. She illustrates the concert and brings the stories and characters of the songs to life by drawing, painting and crafting captivating images live on the big screen. In the concert, the music, words and visual arts merge into a whole, where the audience can, in addition to singing and playing, also see in real time how the song is transformed into a picture.
During the concert, even the little ones can join in the songs and fun. Screams of joy and dancing are allowed – even desirable!
Note! Especially with the smallest concertgoers, we recommend preparing for loud volumes with earmuffs or plugs.
Duration about 40 minutes.
Pikku Papun Orkesteri
Heli Kajo, vocals
Maiju Kopra, vocals
Juho Puronaho, guitar, mandola
Tarmo Anttila, bass
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
Mikko Hassinen, conductor and arrangements
Liisa Kallio, lyrics, illustrations, live drawing
The children’s music group Pikku Papun Orkesteri is known for its colourful concerts for the whole family. Pikku Papu’s songs are well known from Pikku Kakkonen on Yle TV2 and from the concert series Musarullaa. The songs are about friendship, joy, anger, nature, getting along with others – the whole spectrum of life! The orchestra’s energetic performances, diverse instruments, the singing in harmony and the playful arrangements in different musical styles have melted the hearts of the younger and older audiences alike. The orchestra has been awarded the “Album of the year”-prize by the preschool music teachers association as well as the Wihuri Foundation Award. Pikku Papun Orkesteri was nominated for Children’s Album of the Year at the Emma Gala and was chosen as the Band of the Year at the Gala for Children’s Music. www.pikkupapunorkesteri.fi
Illustration: Liisa Kallio