Programme
- Night Ride and Sunrise, Op 55
- The Echo Nymph
- Soluppg氓ng, op. 37 no. 3
- Luonnotar
- Tapiola
Performers
- Anu Komsisoprano
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- 脫lafur Darri 脫lafssonactor
Composers
About This Event
Sibelius鈥檚 Tapiola sings of the endless northern forests: primal, elemental, 鈥渂rooding savage dreams鈥. And after its premiere in 1926, the composer fell silent - as if he had no more stories to tell. At the end of a day of total immersion in the world of Sibelius the storyteller, Sakari Oramo and soprano Anu Komsi take us on a final journey into the forests of the far north.
They begin, though, in a blaze of light: the life-affirming dawn that concludes Night Ride and Sunrise. Komsi is the soloist in three more musical legends, including the astonishing Luonnotar 鈥 a Finnish creation-myth, retold in music of primal grandeur. We are also treated to readings by Icelandic-American actor 脫lafur Darri 脫lafsson. And then, at the end, comes Tapiola 鈥 one of music鈥檚 timeless mysteries, as urgent now as the day it was conceived.
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