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Live from the Barbican

Presented by Fiona Talkington

Sakari Oramo and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra conclude their acclaimed Nielsen Symphonies cycle with the enigmatic Sixth. Plus Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto with Denis Kozhukhin. We hear an evocation of forest spirits in Sibelius's Tapiola and John Foulds's paean to the raw vitality of spring.

Sibelius: Tapiola
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4

c. 8.25pm Interval: ***

c.8.50pm
Foulds: April - England
Nielsen: Symphony No. 6 'Sinfonia semplice'

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

In his Sixth Symphony Nielsen set out to express the 'completely idyllic', but the idyll is infiltrated by irony, violence and doubt as the composer's health failed.