BBC SSO at the Sage

This listing is in the past

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage OneSt Mary's Square Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, North-East, NE8 2JR, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)	Finlandia, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.26
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)	Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Violin partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Sarabande
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)	Symphony no. 2, "The Four Temperaments", Op.16

Performers

Viktoria Mullova	Violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard	Conductor

Nielsen got the idea for his Second Symphony in a country pub, and it’s as fresh, funny and uninhibited as that sounds. Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC SSO excel in this music: first, though, comes the fire and ice of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto.

Map

Email details to a friend

The story of Finlandia

Danny Riley, 4th December

Celebrating 100 years of Finnish independence, we look at the story of Sibelius's Finlandia.

Nordic twin peaks: the violin concertos of Nielsen and Sibelius

Kevin W Ng, 28th January

An analysis of the Violin Concertos by Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen as we celebrate their 150th anniversaries.

Different temperaments: the BBC SSO play Sibelius and Nielsen

Jane Shuttleworth, 30th September

Viktoria Mullova is dazzling in Sibelius' Violin Concerto but the audience of Sage Gateshead fail to make their mark when asked to sing along to Finlandia.

****1

Mobile version