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3 Aug 2019, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2019 Prom 20: Pekka Kuusisto and the 成人快手 SSO

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Prom 20: Pekka Kuusisto and the 成人快手 SSO
19:30 Sat 3 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall
Violinist Pekka Kuusisto traces the evolution of Finland鈥檚 classical tradition, from improvised folk beginnings to the sophisticated brilliance of Sibelius鈥檚 Violin Concerto. The concert closes with the composer鈥檚 nature-inspired Fifth Symphony.
Violinist Pekka Kuusisto traces the evolution of Finland鈥檚 classical tradition, from improvised folk beginnings to the sophisticated brilliance of Sibelius鈥檚 Violin Concerto. The concert closes with the composer鈥檚 nature-inspired Fifth Symphony.

Programme

      • Violin Concerto(34 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1907
        • interval
        • Symphony No. 5 in E flat major (original version, 1915)(36 mins)UK Premiere

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    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鈥檚 great Romantic Violin Concerto (with Kuusisto as soloist) and his Fifth Symphony 鈥� a work suffused with light and autumnal warmth.

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

    Approx. end time: 21:50

    The concert will be broadcast live on 成人快手 Radio 3.

    Image: Pekka Kuusisto 漏 Kaapo Kamu

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