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Proms 2024
11 Aug 2022, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2022 Prom 34: Thorvaldsdottir, Elgar and Sibelius

Prom 34
Prom 34: Thorvaldsdottir, Elgar and Sibelius
19:30 Thu 11 Aug 2022 Royal Albert Hall
Three composers in three landscapes. Eva Ollikainen and the Â鶹ԼÅÄ 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 Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic join Kian Soltani in Elgar’s hugely popular Cello Concerto – alongside powerful Scandinavian soundscapes from Sibelius and Anna Thorvaldsottir.

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Three composers, three landscapes. Elgar wrote his Cello Concerto in the woodlands of Sussex; for many listeners, its autumnal colours evoke emotions too deep for words. From his home in Finland, Sibelius created a symphony that has the grandeur and inevitability of a great river – though some have heard it as a stirring song of national awakening. And elemental forces are the very bedrock of Anna Thorvaldsottir’s inspiration. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic, under Eva Ollikainen – a Finnish conductor with close links to Iceland – teams up with charismatic soloist Kian Soltani in Elgar’s hugely popular concerto, and gives the world premiere of a newly forged orchestral work by Iceland-born Anna Thorvaldsottir, for whom composition is ‘a natural part of my life’.

Broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Four on Sunday 14 August

Image: Eva Ollikainen © Nikolaj Lund