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The grand finale of the Oslo Philharmonic's Sibelius cycle at the Wiener Konzerthaus ends with a grand finale – the famous Swan Hymn of the Fifth Symphony.

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Vienna

23 May 2022

Majestic swans in flight close Mäkelä's Sibelius cycle in Vienna

By Mark Pullinger

Birmingham

Defiant celebration and emotional depth from Kanneh-Mason, Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO

By Nick Boston, 19 November 2020

The CBSO and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla celebrate their anniversary with energy and hope in Sibelius and Beethoven, together with emotional depth in Elgar from Sheku-Kanneh Mason.

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Birmingham

19 Nov 2020

Defiant celebration and emotional depth in CBSO centenary

By Nick Boston

Budapest

Pietari Inkinen’s finely-wrought Russian landscapes poke history’s ribs

By Alexandra Ivanoff, 13 January 2017

A pair of Soviet Cold War classics featured in Pietari Inkinen's Budapest debut at Müpa.

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Budapest

13 Jan 2017

Inkinen’s finely-wrought Russian landscapes

By Alexandra Ivanoff

London

Trumpet extraordinary: Nordic passions from Hardenberger and Rouvali

By David Karlin, 28 January 2016

Santtu-Matias Rouvali is an exciting conductor to watch, totally at home in the all-nordic repertoire of Sibelius and Martinsson, in whose concerto Håkan Hardenberger displayed his total mastery of the trumpet.

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London

28 Jan 2016

Trumpet extraordinary: Nordic passions from Hardenberger and Rouvali

By David Karlin

São Paulo

Echoes from past and present: Volmer and the OSESP present Sibelius, Adams and Beethoven

By Ivan Chiarelli, 15 August 2015

In a program conceived by composer and conductor John Adams, Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite, Adams’ own Absolute Jest and Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7 sounded in sympathetic resonance with Charles Ives’ Three Places in New England.

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São Paulo

15 Aug 2015

Volmer/ OSESP present Sibelius, Adams and Beethoven

By Ivan Chiarelli

Vienna

Homecoming for the Maestro: Vienna Philharmonic with Welser-Most

By Ako Imamura, 06 June 2015

The former music director of Vienna State Opera led a brilliant concert focused on Northern European composers at the Musikverein.

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Vienna

06 Jun 2015

Homecoming for the Maestro: VPO with Welser-Most

By Ako Imamura

Cleveland

Brett Mitchell steps in for ailing Cleveland maestro in Britten’s Spring Symphony

By Timothy Robson, 08 March 2014

Britten's Spring Symphony and Ryan Wigglesworth's Locke's Theatre join with Rudolf Buchbinder's thrilling account of Rachmaninov's Rhapsody, all conducted, at short notice, by Brett Mitchell, Franz Welser-Möst's assistant.

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Cleveland

08 Mar 2014

Brett Mitchell steps in for ailing Cleveland maestro in Britten’s Spring Symphony

By Timothy Robson

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Cologne

Erstklassige Solisten: Hilary Hahn und das Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI in Köln

By Cristina Burack, 27 October 2021

Mit Spaß und Raffinesse spielte Italiens Funkorchester unter Robert Trevino. Es zeigte sein Talent in Mussorgskys Bilder einer Ausstellung und begleitete Hilary Hahn in einer unvergesslichen Interpretation von Sibelius' Violinkonzert.

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Cologne

27 Oct 2021

Erstklassige Solisten: Hilary Hahn und das Orchestra RAI in Köln

By Cristina Burack