大象传媒

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Osmo V盲nsk盲 and the LPO continue their cycle of symphonies and other works by Jean Sibelius.
Compelling despite its largely brooding and desolate character, Sibelius's Fourth Symphony opens with an ice-cold 'tritone', the sound that traditionally stood for ominous foreboding in western music and was regarded in earlier centuries as "diabolic". The monumental Fifth Symphony, however, is a heroic struggle towards affirmation. Glimpsing a flock of sixteen swans taking flight over his J盲rvenp盲盲 villa, Sibelius discovered the joy of life once more. He thrust the swans' soaring, graceful ascent into the final movement of the Fifth.

Sibelius Luonnotar (Tone poem for soprano and orchestra)
Sibelius Symphony 4
Sibelius Symphony 5
Helena Juntunen soprano
Osmo V盲nsk盲 conductor

Followed by recent performances by the students of the Sibelius Academy, Finland.

Debussy: Estampes No 3: Jardin dans la pluie
Anna Kuvaja (piano)

Ilmari Hannikainen: Piano quartet
Nix Piano Quartet:
Paulina Valtasaari (violin)
Lilli Maijala (viola)
Markus Hohti (cello)
Terhi J盲盲skel盲inen (piano)

Beethoven: Prelude op. 39/2
Joonas Ahonen (piano)