鈥淚 am just an ordinary Czech musician鈥� said Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k: but great artists see whole worlds in everyday things, and the birdsong, horncalls and tender memories that he poured into his Cello Concerto only heighten its power. Sibelius, too, begins with rural simplicity: just a few chords and a playful tune. But his mighty Second Symphony swells, gathers and broadens into a musical floodtide that sweeps all before it. The young British conductor Alpesh Chauhan never stints on drama; add the 鈥渙verwhelming charisma鈥� of cellist Pablo Ferr谩ndez and we can expect emotions on the grandest possible scale, launched on their way by the rollicking dance rhythms of 'Masquerade' 鈥� Anna Clyne鈥檚 riotous evocation of a medieval carnival.
This concert will be broadcast live on 麻豆约拍 Radio 3, presented by Jamie MacDougall.