| London Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Osmo Vänskä | Dirección |
| Sir Stephen Hough | Piano |
| Lilli Paasikivi | Mezzosoprano |
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Osmo Vänskä conducts his unique version of music from Sibelius's suites for The Tempest.
In celebration of the 150 years since the birth of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, perhaps his most significant living advocate Osmo Vänskä conducts some of the last music the composer wrote: Vänskä's own narrated arrangement of excerpts from the orchestral suites for The Tempest, based on incidental music written in 1925 for a performance of the play in Copenhagen.
This most ambitious of Sibelius's theatre scores sees the composer exploring the tantalising new sonorities and techniques that might have come to fruition were it not for his famous creative block of three decades. All the magic and mystery of The Tempest is heard here after a rare performance by Stephen Hough of Dvorák's compelling and virtuosic Piano Concerto.
Royal Festival Hall at 5pm. SHAKESPEARE400. A second performance by South London GCSE student composers contributes to the Shakespeare400 celebrations, with brand new pieces inspired by Sibelius's The Tempest. Free.
Royal Festival Hall at 6pm. SHAKESPEARE400. Professor Gordon McMullan, Academic Director of Shakespeare400, explores the 'late styles' of writers, artists and composers, including Sibelius and Shakespeare. Free.
