Sonically speaking, the Still made a perfectly sensible entryway into Sibelius’s typically titanic “Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major,” composed and revised over a stretch between 1915 and 1919.
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the Philharmonia in a Nordic themed programme, including a UK premiere, Sibelius's Violin Concerto and Nielsen's Symphony No 5. Show more Santtu-Matias Rouvali ...
It was obvious that Mäkelä had struck up an immediate rapport with the musicians. The LSO is a supercar of an orchestra and it doesn’t need a new mechanic to burst in and rip out the engine. With ...
Thursday night’s opening concert in David Geffen Hall was a punchy, often excellent but not unblemished sequence of Julia Wolfe’s Fountain of Youth, the Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss—sung by ...
5,” which features Italian ... In a press release, the symphony describes the program as “an emotional journey through Sibelius’ deeply evocative soundscapes, exploring the grandeur of ...
5 for the close listener ... Those in the crowd looking for something more familiar got to relive Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2, one of the first pieces Zimmerman conducted when he took over ...