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Penny Gore introduces music performed by Nordic ensembles this week. Today, symphonies by Sibelius and Mahler, who met in 1907 and completely disagreed about what a symphony should be: for Sibelius it meant "profound logic and inner connection", but for Mahler "a symphony must be like the world - it must embrace everything". That contrast is perfectly caught today in Sibelius's Seventh Symphony from Oslo and Mahler's Third in an archive highlight from the 2010 Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm, coupled with a new work by Swedish composer Britta Bystr枚m.

2.00pm
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C, op. 105
Oslo Philharmonic
Conductor Klaus M盲kel盲

2.25pm
Britta Bystr枚m: Der Vogel der Nacht (world premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano
Adolf Fredrik Music School Boys' Choir
Women of the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

This series of Afternoon Concert features concerts from all of the Nordic nations: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Plus a special treat in our Thursday Opera Matinee: an archive performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore with the legendary Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling, recorded live at Swedish Royal Opera in 1960.