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| Composer | Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957) |
| Period | 20th century |
| Year | 1926 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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TokyoSibelius, Beethoven
Sibelius, Beethoven
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra; Pietari Inkinen; Mari Moriya; Kaori Ikeda; Naoki Miyasato; Takaoki Onishi
TokyoPekka Kuusisto plays Stravinsky
Sibelius, Stravinsky
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Pekka Kuusisto
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Vivid late autumn colours from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSSO
The programme featured Sibelius's vividly terrifying Tapiola, alongside a gorgeous Four Last Songs with Elizabeth Llewellyn and Vaughan Williams's wistful Fifth Symphony.
Icy blast: total immersion into the world of Sibelius, the storyteller
Sakari Oramo, Anu Komsi and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson take a deep dive into the world of Sibelius' tone poems in two concerts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Poetry and power: Sibelius and Bruckner from Rattle and the LSO
After their magnificent recent Sibelius Seventh, the LSO returns to the Finnish composer for a pair of tone poems, followed by Bruckner's Seventh.
With a fine Oslo Philharmonic, Yuja Wang wows the Proms
Yuja Wang lives up to her superstar status in Liszt and a couple of operatic encores, while the Oslo Philharmonic show icy clarity in Sibelius and orchestral colour aplenty in Strauss.
Dramatic Brahms and a powerful orchestral triptych from the RSNO
Pianist Sunwook Kim returns to the RSNO, while conductor Jonathan Stockhammer builds a coherent triptych out of three highly contrasting pieces.