Kamu closes Lahti's Sibelius 2015 Festival in style

Von Roy Westbrook, 06 September 2015

Laden, bitte warten...

Veranstaltung anzeigen

“just as one can never pinpoint the exact moment when the Nordic winter yields to Spring”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, am 5 September 2015

Sibelius, Aallottaret (Die Okeaniden), symphonische Dichtung für Orchester, Op.73

Sibelius, Pohjolan tytär (Pohjolas Tochter), Symphonische Fantasie für Orchester, Op.49

Sibelius, Symphonie Nr. 6 in d-Moll, Op.104

Sibelius, Symphonie Nr. 7 in C-Dur, Op.105

Sibelius, Finlandia, symphonische Dichtung für Orchester, Op.26

Sinfonia Lahti

Okko Kamu, Musikalische Leitung

Finnish mythology brought to life as the Sibelius Festival opens

Peter Connors, 28th August

Kullervo opens the 26th Sibelius Festival in Lahti, but the new edition brings a big change: not all the music will is by Sibelius!

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Sibelius Festival in Lahti opens with Swanwhite rarity

Peter Connors, 6th September

Baiba Skride gripped the audience in Sibelius's Violin Concerto in the opening concert of this year's Sibelius Festival in Lahti, along with some rarities by the composer.

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Plongée dans les fjörds finlandais

Lucie Pierron, 17th October

Le Centre de Musique Krystof Penderecki de Luslawiceen (Pologne) accueillait le Lahti Symphony Orchestra parti en tournée avec un programme entièrement finnois : Jean Sibelius et Jaakko Kuusisto.

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Graceful and light of wing: Okko Kamu's Sibelius

Rohan Shotton, 18th February

Okko Kamu conducts the Hallé in Strauss' Don Juan, Grieg's Piano Concerto with Alexander Gavrylyuk, and Sibelius' Fifth Symphony at the Bridgewater Hall

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Plongée dans les fjörds finlandais

Lucie Pierron, 17th October

Le Centre de Musique Krystof Penderecki de Luslawiceen (Pologne) accueillait le Lahti Symphony Orchestra parti en tournée avec un programme entièrement finnois : Jean Sibelius et Jaakko Kuusisto.

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The BBCSO graces the Lahti Festival

Roy Westbrook, 3rd September

The BBC Symphony Orchestra, escaping Proms duty, perform the second of two concerts at Lahti's Sibelius Festival.

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.

Okko Kamu closes Lahti's Sibelius 2015 Festival in style