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17 Mar 2024, Southbank Centre, London
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra 2023-2024 Southbank Centre Season Sibelius: Songs of Love and Freedom

´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Sibelius: Songs of Love and Freedom
19:30 Sun 17 Mar 2024 Southbank Centre, London
Anna-Maria Helsing and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra explore colour, the power and the poetry of the moment when Scandinavia awoke, in music by Sibelius and his contemporaries – plus a dazzling premiere from Dominique Le Gendre.
Anna-Maria Helsing and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra explore colour, the power and the poetry of the moment when Scandinavia awoke, in music by Sibelius and his contemporaries – plus a dazzling premiere from Dominique Le Gendre.

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About This Event

‘Finland Awakes!’ was Sibelius’s original name for Finlandia – 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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra and its newly appointed Chief Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing voyage north once more, exploring the epic landscapes of Sibelius’s 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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ CO, in all its colour, energy and flair.