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24 Oct 2019, Glasgow City Halls
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Â鶹Éç SSO 2019-20 Season Sibelius Symphony No.2

Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Sibelius Symphony No.2
19:30 Thu 24 Oct 2019 Glasgow City Halls
Â鶹Éç SSO Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Maxwell Davies, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius, and is joined by Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva.
Â鶹Éç SSO Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Maxwell Davies, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius, and is joined by Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva.

Programme

Concert Information

The darkness of a northern night might be long and wild but when the sun finally rises, it really rises. The revels at Peter Maxwell Davies’s Orkney wedding go on till daybreak – and you’ll hear every raucous, exuberant sound. But it’s when dawn arrives that the full splendour of his vision really becomes clear, in a blaze of bagpipes. Sibelius would have understood: after all, Finns know a thing or two about the cycles of nature, and he once compared his Second Symphony to a great river – gathering strength from many streams before flowing majestically to the sea. In other words, it’s crowned with one of the most stirring tunes he ever wrote. It’s a magnificent complement to Tchaikovsky’s battle-royale of a First Piano Concerto – a work as popular as it is dramatic, and a thrilling showcase for the prizewinning Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva.

Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room (free to ticket-holders, subject to seating availability): Dr Leah Broad, Lecturer in Music at Christ Church, Oxford, introduces Sibelius’s Second Symphony.

The concert will be recorded by Â鶹Éç Radio 3 for broadcast in 'Radio 3 in Concert' on 28 October 2019 at 7.30pm - the presenter is Andrew McGregor. It will then be available to stream or download for 30 days via 'Â鶹Éç Sounds', where you can also find podcasts and music mixes.