| Saturday 15 May 2027 | 19:30 |
| BBC Concert Orchestra | |
| Anna-Maria Helsing | Conductor |
| Emil Jonason | Clarinet |
As summer arrives, there’s a special magic in the northern skies. Spirits lift, the heavens clear and the midnight sun transforms the twilight hours into a world of fantasy – and fun.
Coming from Finland, the BBC Concert Orchestra’s chief conductor Anna-Maria Helsing knows all about that, and tonight she whirls us through the epic landscapes of Sibelius’ Third Symphony.
Expect sunrises and folk dances as we celebrate 70 years of Malcolm Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances – a BBC commission that became a British classic. Then, she flips the perspective, as clarinettist Emil Jonason makes his BBC Concert Orchestra debut with a Swedish tribute to London’s own beloved wilderness: At the Hills of Hampstead Heath by Emmy Lindström.
And finally, we gaze into the eye of a solar eclipse, in the latest dazzling commission from the extraordinary Jimmy López. Shadow becomes sound, and you’ve never heard anything quite like it.
This concert is part of the BBC Concert Orchestra’s 75th anniversary celebrations.
Tickets from £21
