Total Immersion: Sibelius the Storyteller Events
Sun 9 Oct 2022
- 11:00Barbican, London
An introduction to Sibelius‘ music and the stories in today’s Total Immersion.
Also part ofBBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season
- 13:00Milton Court Concert Hall
Poetry and music merge in readings and songs: an atmospheric starting point for our day of Total Immersion in the world of Sibelius the Storyteller.
Poetry and music merge in readings and songs: an atmospheric starting point for our day of Total Immersion in the world of Sibelius the Storyteller.
Programme
- Part-songs, Op. 13selection
- Part-songs, Op. 17selection
- Norden(The North)
- Svartsjukans nätter, JS 125(Nights of Jealousy)
- Ett ensomt skidspår (A Lonely Ski Trail)(A Lonely Ski Trail)
Performers
- Curt Rayactor
- Shayde Sinclairactor
Composers
Also part ofBBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season - 15:00Barbican, London
Sibelius the Storyteller: Sakari Oramo conducts four vivid musical mini-epics, accompanied by readings from the ancient stories that inspired them.
Sibelius the Storyteller: Sakari Oramo conducts four vivid musical mini-epics, accompanied by readings from the ancient stories that inspired them.
Programme
- Scènes historiques I, op. 25: No. 1. All'Overtura
- En saga
- The Bard, Op 64
- Pohjola's Daughter
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Ólafur Darri Ólafssonnarrator
Composers
Also part ofBBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season - 17:30Milton Court Concert Hall
Explore Finland’s choral tradition, as Owain Park and the BBC Singers present songs and poetry by Sibelius, his pupils, and their Finnish contemporaries.
Explore Finland’s choral tradition, as Owain Park and the BBC Singers present songs and poetry by Sibelius, his pupils, and their Finnish contemporaries.
Programme
- Part-songs, Op. 18selection
- Part-songs
- Part-songs, Op. 11selection
- Rakastava(The lover)
Performers
- Owain Parkconductor, piano
- Laura Lake Adebisiactor
- Hughie O'Donnellactor
Composers
- 19:30Barbican, London
The last word: an evening of music and words inspired by Finnish legend and landscape, before Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Sibelius’s final great masterpiece Tapiola.
The last word: an evening of music and words inspired by Finnish legend and landscape, before Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Sibelius’s final great masterpiece Tapiola.
Programme
- Night Ride and Sunrise, Op 55
- The Echo Nymph
- Soluppgång, op. 37 no. 3
- Luonnotar
- Tapiola
Performers
- Anu Komsisoprano
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Ólafur Darri Ólafssonactor
Composers
Also part ofBBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season
