Name: BBC Symphony OrchestraOramo: Globe Skimmers and Nordic Winters
Start: 2023-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Sakari Oramo

Violinist

Johan Dalene

Violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Barbican Centre

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oramo: Globe Skimmers and Nordic Winters

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Concert Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oramo: Globe Skimmers and Nordic Winters: An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands Nielsen, C. (+3 More)

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands

Symphony No.6

Symphony No. 7 in C Major Op. 105

Globe Skimmer Surfing the Somali Jet

Approved

From the elemental grandeur of Sibelius to the miracle of a globe-skimming dragonfly, Sakari Oramo joins violinist Johan Dalene to explore new horizons and old.

Prepare to be transported. High above the Indian ocean, a dragonfly catches the monsoon breeze, and soars between continents. Carl Nielsen boards ship for a windswept journey to the Faroes, all without leaving his Copenhagen home. And Jean Sibelius writes music 'with the scent of the first snow' in a pair of monumental late symphonies.

That dragonfly is called a 'globe skimmer' and in Tebogo Monnakgotla’s fabulous new violin concerto it’s played by former BBC New Generation Artist Johan Dalene. 'I was amazed by this young player who radiated musical curiosity, approaching the most experimental music with the same curiosity as with Nielsen or Sibelius' she says. For Sakari Oramo, meanwhile, Sibelius and Nielsen are the passions of a lifetime: music in which he always has something distinctive and fresh to say.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Instrumentation

Ensemble