Name: Sibelius: Symphony No.2
Start: 2023-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: City Halls

Admin

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Conductor

Taavi Oramo

Instrumentalist

Cellist

Abel Selaocoe

Cello

Bernhard Schimpelsberger

Percussion

Sibelius: Symphony No.2

Glasgow

United Kingdom

City Halls

Sibelius: Symphony No.2: Four Spirits Selaocoe (+2 More)

Public

Four Spirits

Fratres

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

Saurav Kumar

Approved

Stirring. Inspiring. Monumental.
From the gentle melody that opens Sibelius’s Second, to its magnificent, surging finale you can see why the composer once compared it to a river gathering speed and strength as it courses to the sea. But it was also interpreted as a rallying call for Finland’s independence from Tsarist Russia.

Conductor Taavi Oramo sparks vivid life into Arvo Pärt's 'Fratres'. There’s a World Premiere, too, from the exuberant cellist, Abel Selaocoe, who returns to the BBC SSO, and fuses Western and African traditions into something universal and completely unique.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Instrumentation

Ensemble