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The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Sakari Oramo in Andrew Norman's blistering opener Unstuck, Stravinsky's neoclassical showcase, and Sibelius's Symphony No.1.

The words of Kurt Vonnegut blasted American composer Andrew Norman out of his creative block: an explosive opening to a concert that celebrates Stravinsky at his most witty. The superb Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang makes a very welcome return as soloist in a concerto that Stravinsky designed to be unplayable!

And there's Sakari Oramo’s very personal angle on the woodland magic and Arctic gales of Sibelius’s youthful First Symphony. It’s high-octane stuff; but Oramo has been exploring Sibelius for his whole life, and he knows that the First Symphony – with its raging storms and shimmering, aurora borealis colours - is about as Romantic as this great Finnish symphonist gets.

Recorded at the Barbican on 20th January. Presented by Martin Handley.

Andrew Norman: Unstuck
Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto

Interval

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op.39

Vilde Frang (violin)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)