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Afternoon Concert with Georgia Mann

Another chance to hear Sibelius' Violin Concerto and Fifth Symphony performed with special Finish folk music introductions.

Presented by Kate Molleson at the Royal Albert Hall, London

Trad: Finnish Folk Music
Sibelius: Violin Concerto

c.2.45pm Interval
Proms Plus Talk: Kate Molleson talks to Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Leah Brand about the music in this concert.

c.3.05pm
Trad: Finnish Folk Music
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 (original version, 1915)

Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Taito Hoffrén (singer)
Ilona Korhonen (singer)
Minna-Liisa Tammela (singer)
Vilma Timonen (kantele)
Timo Alakotila (harmonium)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto memorably set the entire Proms audience singing a Finnish folk song in 2016. Now he returns for a Prom joined by fellow Finnish folk musicians, which sprinkles rustic Finnish folk music among two pinnacles of Finnish orchestral sophistication: Sibelius’s great Romantic Violin Concerto (with Kuusisto as soloist) and his Fifth Symphony – a work suffused with light and autumnal warmth.

Thomas Dausgaard conducts the symphony’s original, four-movement version, allowing a glimpse into the creative process of a work that Sibelius revised over a period of four years.

Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.