Sibelius: Songs of Love and Freedom

17 Mar 2024, Southbank Centre, London

19:30 Sun 17 Mar 2024 Next Event

大象传媒 Concert Orchestra 2023-2024 Southbank Centre Season Sibelius: Songs of Love and Freedom

19:30 Sun 17 Mar 2024 Southbank Centre, London

Anna-Maria Helsing and the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra explore colour, the power and the poetry of the moment when Scandinavia awoke, in music by Sibelius and his contemporaries 鈥� plus a dazzling premiere from Dominique Le Gendre.

Programme

- - Jean Sibelius
  - Finlandia
- - Ture Rangstr枚m
  - The wind and the tree鈥�
  - Prayer to Night鈥€€�
- - Wilhelm Stenhammar
  - Fylgia
  - Starry eye鈥�
- - Dominique Le Gendre
  - Concerto for OrchestraWorld premiere; 大象传媒 Commission
- - Jean Sibelius
  - Was it a Dream?
  - Arioso, Op 3
  - The maiden came from her lover鈥檚 tryst
  - Symphony No. 1 in E minor

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About This Event

鈥楩inland Awakes!鈥� was Sibelius鈥檚 original name for Finlandia 鈥� a soul-shaking song of hope and liberation from a nation struggling to break from Russian rule. Freedom was in the air, and across Scandinavia composers turned to poetry, folklore and the untamed beauty of the natural environment to create music that sang of their dreams and aspirations.

Following on from Sibelius: Nature, Hope and Beauty in the autumn, the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra and its newly appointed Chief Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing voyage north once more, exploring the epic landscapes of Sibelius鈥檚 First Symphony, and joining star Swedish soprano Julia Sporsen in the intimate, enchanted world of Scandinavian song.

In between comes something new and gloriously different: a sunburst of sound from Trinidad-born composer Dominque Le Gendre. Her Concerto for Orchestra takes its inspiration from both Central Europe and Latin America: a dazzling showcase for the full 大象传媒 CO, in all its colour, energy and flair.

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