The large chapel

The large chapel

• The austerely beautiful large chapel seats some 100 people comfortably and can hold a maximum of 200 people.
• Services are held in the chapel on Mondays to Saturdays, except for public holidays. Around one hour is reserved for each funeral. Funerals start at 10.30 am. 11.30 am, 1.00 pm, 2.30 pm and 4.00 pm.
• The chapel is decorated with evergreen indoor plants and candles. Floral decorations can be ordered from the undertaker's office or from a florist.
• The chapel contains an excellent organ and has good acoustics for music. The crematorium's professional organist plays even the most difficult pieces with skill and feeling. Any organ music suitable to the occasion can be played at the funeral.
• The chapel has a music centre, so CD records and audio cassettes can also be played. The priest or speaker can also use a microphone, if desired, to relay what is said directly to hearing aids.
• At the end of the service the coffin slides slowly out of the chapel to the accompaniment of music. The relatives may also arrange for the coffin to remain in the chapel.
• Relatives can arrange for the bells to be rung before and after the service, which is the normal practice.

Address: Hietaniemenkatu 27, 00100 Helsinki
Tel: 09-444 088
Email: kappeli@krematorio.com
Fax: 09-444 253.

The architect Bertel Liljeqvist designed the Hietaniemi crematorium building in the classical style of the 1920s. The building contains both a large chapel and a newer, smaller one. These chapels can conduct funeral services for all religions, as well as services with no religious ceremony involved. A musical interlude in memory of the deceased can be arranged.

Music

Appropriate music for the funeral is chosen respecting the memory of the deceased. Traditionally, familiar songs from the classical repertoire are used, but you can also choose arrangements for organ from other styles and light music.

For example: Albinoni: Adagio, Bach: Air, Arioso, Järnefelt: Kehtolaulu, Händel: Largo, Schubert: Ave Maria, Vivaldi: Largo, Sibelius: Elegia, Finllandia-hymni, Sydämeni laulu, Merikanto: Rukous, Lindberg: Vanha virsi Taalainmaalta, Rheinberger: Cantilene, Mozart: Ave verum, Mozart: Lacrymosa, Mozart: Romanssi (Pieni yösoitto), Mozart: Laudate Dominum, Liszt: Consolatione in Des, Caccini: Ave Maria, Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria, Franck: Panis angelicus, Grieg: Kevät, Düben: Narvan marssi ym

Rydman: Niin kaunis on maa, Mårtenson: Myrskyluodon Maija, Mun sydämeni tänne jää, Hämäläinen: Veteraanin iltahuuto, Jylhä: Vaiennut viulu, Chaplin: Smile, Thiele/Weiss: What a Wonderful world, trad.Amazing Grace, Cohen: Halleluja, Groban: You raise me up, Hietanen/Wesslin: Nocturne, Laaksonen: Täällä pohjantähden alla, Hyvää Mutkaa, Ota hänet vastaan, suom.kansanlaulu: Täällä pohjantähden alla, Haapasalo: Mun kanteleeni kauniimmin, Hansen: Äidin sydän, Lehtinen: On hetki, Palmgren: Heijastus ym, Blake: Walking in the air ym