We're playing Mozart's 35th symphony because of the historical significance. It was the first piece the orchestra played when it started in 1982.

The orchestra plays the first movement as usual, but there are two sportscasters narrating it as if it were a baseball game.

When we're in a state of health, the vibrations in our body sound like an orchestra playing a symphony. When we have disease, the sound is out of tune.

It never really sounds the same. It's sort of like a good symphony orchestra playing a Mozart symphony. You can play it and sit on your ass and nothing happens, or you can play it and make it feel fresh. And that's what this band does.

The first movement begins in sustained calm with bird calls throughout. The cuckoo's call eventually evolves into a beautiful melody.

At our first meeting I remember when someone said, 'It would be great if the Lahti Orchestra would do recordings that would get international reviews,' and everyone started to laugh.