Performances of Jean Sibelius at BBC Proms
(See all works in BBC Proms by Jean Sibelius)Thu 11 Aug 2022
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Three composers in three landscapes. Eva Ollikainen and the BBC Philharmonic join Kian Soltani in Elgar’s hugely popular Cello Concerto – alongside powerful Scandinavian soundscapes from Sibelius and Anna Thorvaldsottir.
Three composers in three landscapes. Eva Ollikainen and the BBC Philharmonic join Kian Soltani in Elgar’s hugely popular Cello Concerto – alongside powerful Scandinavian soundscapes from Sibelius and Anna Thorvaldsottir.
Programme
- ARCHORA(20 mins)BBC co-commission: world premiere
- Cello Concerto in E minor(27 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 2 in D major(43 mins)
Performers
- Kian Soltanicello
- Eva Ollikainenconductor
Fri 12 Aug 2022
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Superstar pianist Yuja Wang takes centrestage in the first Proms appearance of the Oslo Philharmonic under its new Chief Conductor Klaus Makëlä. Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben ends the concert in roof-raising style.
Superstar pianist Yuja Wang takes centrestage in the first Proms appearance of the Oslo Philharmonic under its new Chief Conductor Klaus Makëlä. Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben ends the concert in roof-raising style.
Programme
- Tapiola(19 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major(19 mins)
- interval
- Ein Heldenleben(45 mins)
Performers
- Yuja Wangpiano
- Klaus Mäkeläconductor
Composers
Thu 18 Aug 2022
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
‘Music is life’: Sibelius and Nielsen take the 20th century head-on while Beethoven looks inward in his Fourth Piano Concerto. Francesco Piemontesi is the pianist, and Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
‘Music is life’: Sibelius and Nielsen take the 20th century head-on while Beethoven looks inward in his Fourth Piano Concerto. Francesco Piemontesi is the pianist, and Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Programme
- Symphony No. 7 in C major(22 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major(35 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 4, ‘The Inextinguishable’(36 mins)
Performers
- Francesco Piemontesipiano
- Thomas Dausgaardconductor
Seats £9.50 to £52.00 (plus booking fee)
Fri 26 Aug 2022
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra are inspired by nature with Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, a Thomas Adès premiere and Vaughan Williams’s gently soaring The Lark Ascending – played by the unfailingly original Finnish firebrand Pekka Kuusisto.
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra are inspired by nature with Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, a Thomas Adès premiere and Vaughan Williams’s gently soaring The Lark Ascending – played by the unfailingly original Finnish firebrand Pekka Kuusisto.
Programme
- La mer(23 mins)
- The Lark Ascending(13 mins)
- interval
- Märchentänze(13 mins)UK premiere
- Symphony No. 5 in E flat major(30 mins)
Performers
- Pekka Kuusistoviolin
- Nicholas Collonconductor
Seats £14.00 to £62.00 (plus booking fee)
