Organization

Conductor

Nicholas Collon

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Pekka Kuusisto

Violin

Orchestra

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Prom 52: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Pekka Kuusisto

London

United Kingdom

BBC Proms

Royal Albert Hall

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Pekka Kuusisto: La mer Debussy (+3 More)

Public

Private

The sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra, L. 109

The Lark Ascending

Märchentänze

Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82

Approved

‘Saw sixteen swans,’ wrote Jean Sibelius. ‘One of the greatest experiences in life. Oh god, what beauty!’ That dazzling vision became the mighty theme that crowns his Fifth Symphony and tonight it’s the climax of a whole evening of music inspired by nature, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – whether Debussy’s luminous musical seascape, or Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending. ‘I grew up with the idea that playing the violin was about being spontaneous,’ says soloist Pekka Kuusisto, and together with conductor Nicholas Collon, he’ll give the UK premiere of an enchanting new piece by Thomas Adès, as well as bringing fresh air to Vaughan Williams’s much-loved Lark.

English

Prom 52: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Pekka Kuusisto by Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Adès, Sibelius, From (2022/2022), Conductor Nicholas Collon, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

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Ensemble

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