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Presented by Louise Fryer. Including Sibelius: Nocturne (Belshazzar's Feast); Symphony No 7; Nine Songs. Saariaho: Parfum de l'instant. Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op 45.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Featuring performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself.

Sibelius: Nocturne (Belshazzar's Feast)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Saariaho: Parfum de l'instant
Karita Mattila (soprano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa Pekka Salonen (conductor)

3.00pm
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op 45
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

3.35pm
Sibelius: Nine Songs
Jorma Hynninen (baritone)
Finnish Chamber Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

Ollie Mustonen: Triple Concerto
Pekka Kuusisto, Candida Thompson, Elizabeth Perry (violin)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Olli Mustonen (conductor)

4.15pm
Rachmaninov: Three Folksongs, Op 41 (Nos 1, 3); Tjerez retjku retjku bystru, Op 41, No 1 (Across the River); Belilitsy rumjanitsy vy moi, Op 41, No 3 (Whiten my Rouged Cheeks)
Eric Ericson Chamber Chorus
Swedish Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

Esa-Pekka Salonen: Dance from Foreign Bodies
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

Sibelius: Symphony No 7
Summer Academy National Youth Orchestra
John Adams (conductor).

2 hours, 5 minutes

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Fri 30 Jan 2009 14:55

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