Also this evening :
Music of Today: Colin Matthews
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the music of his compatriot Jean Sibelius in this concert. Sibelius’s tone poem Finlandia sets the soundworld with its nationalistic evocations of scenes from Finnish history; followed by Lemminkäinen, an orchestral suite based on the Finnish national epic poem, the Kalevala. The most famous movement describes The Swan of Tuonela with the cor anglais’ melody gliding over the musical water of the strings and woodwind; the other movements are equally evocative and atmospheric, moving from the ‘Land of the Dead’ to the hero’s exploits in battle. Between these, Beethoven's final piano concerto provides a flamboyant display of pianistic virtuosity.
More concerts with Esa-Pekka Salonen:
Salonen conducts in Basingstoke
Jun 22 2012, 19:45 - The Anvil
The Philharmonia performs at The Anvil, Basingstoke's 18th Birthday Celebrations with Mahler's Resurrection symphony and the world première of Joseph Phibbs's Rivers to the Sea.
Infernal Dance: Concerto for Orchestra in Paris
Jun 25 2012, 20:00 - Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts this all-Bartók programme of The Wooden Prince Suite, Piano Concerto No. 3 with Nikolai Lugansky and the Concerto for Orchestra








