Philharmonia Orchestra: Salonen conducts Sibelius

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Salonen conducts Sibelius

Royal Festival Hall
Sun 25 Sep 2011 7:30pm

conductor

violin

mezzo-soprano

bass-baritone

Sibelius

Death of Mélisande from Pelléas et Mélisande

Brahms

Violin Concerto

Sibelius

Kullervo

Sibelius's Death of Mélisande was played as a tribute to the late Kurt Sanderling

Sibelius’s epic ‘choral symphony’ Kullervo was written some eight years before his conventional First Symphony, when the composer was just 27 years old. Its five movements depict the exploits of the hero of the great Finnish mythic poem, the Kalevala, and chronicle different parts of his complex, tragic personality and of his life, including his childhood in slavery, his seduction of his own sister and his atonement on the battlefield for her subsequent suicide. Scored for male chorus, soloists and orchestra, this is an extraordinary piece of choral writing of dramatic power, rarely heard in the concert hall due to its sheer size and scale.

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This concert will be dedicated to the memory of Kurt Sanderling the Orchestra’s much-loved Conductor Emeritus, who passed away on 17 September. Click here to read the Orchestra's tribute.

This concert is supported by The Meyer Foundation

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