Elgar’s Cello Concerto by Fujikura, Elgar, Sibelius, Noiztik (2022/2022), Zuzendaria Dalia Stasevska, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

About This Event Sometimes a composer comes to embody the music of a nation, in a way that nobody could have predicted. It’s the autumnal melancholy of Elgar’s Cello Concerto that makes it so beloved, while Sibelius’s tempestuous First Symphony is as much a celebration of nature as a patriotic anthem: filled with luminous colours, and driven by spring storms. One thing’s for certain, though: the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska will drive straight to the heart of both pieces – and she’s the ideal partner for a cellist with the “blazing individuality” (The Daily Telegraph) of Sol Gabetta. First, though, an encounter with the extraordinary, shimmering musical world of Dai Fujikura, in a work that reimagines the orchestra as a microbiome. Small things can contain multitudes...