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Prom 58 (part 1): Sibelius - Kullervo

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Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, Penny Gore presents an all-Sibelius Prom, with Sakari Oramo conducting the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra in the tone poem En Saga.

Sakari Oramo conducts the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra live at the 成人快手 Proms in an all-Sibelius programme: the tone poem En Saga and the epic Kullervo, with male voice chorus and soloists.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Presented by Penny Gore

Sibelius: En Saga

7.50 pm Interval

8.10 pm
Sibelius: Kullervo

Johanna Rusanen-Kartano (soprano)
Waltteri Torikka (baritone)
Polytech Choir
成人快手 Symphony Chorus (men's voices)
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo pairs two of Sibelius's most engagingly descriptive works as we continue our 150th-anniversary celebrations of the composer. The folk hero Kullervo was the inspiration behind a powerful national statement for a country struggling to overthrow Russian rule. This massive musical hybrid - part cantata, part symphony, part suite - is a vivid and thrilling work, richly melodic but looking ahead to modernism in some striking musical gestures. En saga is a fairy tale without a plot, whose contrasting movements suggest many possible stories, but never commit to just one.

20 minutes

Last on

Sat 29 Aug 2015 19:30

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    En Saga Op.9

    Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Aug 2015 19:30

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