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| When: | |
Wednesday 15 October 2008 at 19:30 |
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Royal Festival Hall, London |
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| Performers: | |
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor Alexander Toradze, piano London Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Programme : | | Jean Sibelius |
| 1: | | Symphonic Fantasia, 'Pohjolan tytär' (Pohjola’s Daughter), Op 49 |
| Sergey Rachmaninov | |
| 2: | | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 3 in D minor, Op 30 |
| Jean Sibelius | |
| 3: | | Symphony No 5 in E flat, Op 82 |
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| Note: | |
Gazing from the window of his beloved home in the Finnish countryside, Jean Sibelius glimpsed a group of swans taking flight. The First World War was tearing Europe to pieces, and Sibelius was visited still by illness and depression. Into the bleak landscape of his forlorn existence the swans thrust a sudden light and optimism: Sibelius wrote glowingly of the swans before capturing them musically in the last movement of his Fifth Symphony with a beautiful, hopeful motif that soars inspiringly upwards from within the orchestra, free from its creator’s earthly concerns. Hear it first online! Access our online playlist of the music for our concerts. |
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£9 - £38, £55 - Tickets available from London Philharmonic Orchestra Ticket Office (Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm), 020 7840 4242, online, or from Southbank Centre Ticket Office, 0871 663 2530 (fees apply) |
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| Venue: | |
Royal Festival Hall Belvedere Road London SE1 8XX England |
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