Philharmonia: Salonen conducts Sibelius

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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Festival: Pull Out All the Stops Festival

Programme

Saariaho, Kaija (1952-2023)	Maan varjot (Earth's Shadows) (UK première)
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)	Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)	Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.43

Performers

Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen	Conductor
Lisa Batiashvili	Violin
Olivier Latry	Organ

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Sibelius' Symphonies 1 & 2: A violinist’s perspective

Erica Miner, 24th February

An overview of Sibelius' first two symphonies from the perspective of an orchestral violinist.

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.

Microtones and dancing polar bears: Finland on the South Bank

Mark Pullinger, 26th June

A programme of works by Kaija Saariaho and Jean Sibelius promised a blast of Nordic ice down the back of the neck, but the performances under fellow Finn Esa-Pekka Salonen raised the temperature considerably higher than anticipated.

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