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Sakari Oramo conducts Byström, Janáček and Mozart

Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Friday 21 May 202719:30
Performers
Sakari OramoConductor
Ben GoldscheiderFrench horn
BBC Symphony Orchestra

When Mozart wrote his “Prague” symphony, he was on a mission to entertain, and he poured every ounce of fantasy and skill into a symphony that still sounds brand new. Janáček was even more upfront: his 'Taras Bulba' turns bloody medieval history into music as visceral, and as gripping, as a slasher flick. The voltage should be off the scale in this concert from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

In between comes a different kind of wonder – a Norse saga with a Czech accent, and something wholly new by one of Sweden’s most admired composers. “A musical journey through many different and often unexpected landscapes of sound” is how Britta Byström describes her new Horn Concerto, and with the playing of Ben Goldscheider to inspire her, the result should be magical.

BBC Symphony Orchestra