Vänskä, Grubinger / Pärt, Aho, Sibelius by Pärt, Aho, K., Sibelius, De (2015/2015), Director musical Osmo Vänskä, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria

It is considered Arvo Pärt’s most popular work: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell, which "rings in" the concert in the literal sense of the word. Percussionist extraordinaire Martin Grubinger then makes his mark in Sieidi ("Cult Places"), a concerto for percussion and orchestra by the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho. Rounding off the concert is a continuation of the Wiener Symphoniker’s Sibelius project, which is set to run over several seasons. To mark his 150th birthday, "Sibelius expert" Osmo Vänskä performs his Symphony No.1 in E minor op. 39.