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Sibelius’s Second

Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, Londres, Greater London, SW7 2AP, Reino Unido
Fechas/horas en zona horaria de London
martes 28 julio 202619:00
Festival: BBC Proms
Intérpretes
Guy JohnstonViolonchelo
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari OramoDirección

Fifty years since Benjamin Britten’s death, former BBC Young Musician winner Guy Johnston brings the composer’s Cello Symphony to the Proms. Originally written for Mstislav Rostropovich, it’s the composer at his most intense: a tour de force for the soloist, set against a brooding, often eerie orchestral backdrop. There’s darkness in Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 as well – gloriously thrown aside in the glowing finale – but is it the weight of Russian political oppression or of personal loss? The concert opens with the UK premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Festen Suite, adapted from the composer’s multi-Olivier-Award-winning 2025 opera.

Seats from £16.28 to £59.12 (including booking fee*)

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