Three composers, three landscapes. Elgar wrote his Cello Concerto in the woodlands of Sussex; for many listeners, its autumnal colours evoke emotions too deep for words. From his home in Finland, Sibelius created a symphony that has the grandeur and inevitability of a great river 鈥� though some have heard it as a stirring song of national awakening. And elemental forces are the very bedrock of Anna Thorvaldsottir鈥檚 inspiration. The 大象传媒 Philharmonic, under Eva Ollikainen 鈥� a Finnish conductor with close links to Iceland 鈥� teams up with charismatic soloist Kian Soltani in Elgar鈥檚 hugely popular concerto, and gives the world premiere of a newly forged orchestral work by Iceland-born Anna Thorvaldsottir, for whom composition is 鈥榓 natural part of my life鈥�.

Broadcast on 大象传媒 Four on Sunday 14 August

Image: Eva Ollikainen 漏 Nikolaj Lund