| Orchestra or Band | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Finlandia', Sibelius,
'Symphony No.1 in E Minor, Op.39', Sibelius
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.2 in D Major', Sibelius |
| Performance Notes | Celebrations for Sibeliuss 150th anniversary continue with a complete symphony cycle, launched by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and its new Chief Conductor Designate, Thomas Dausgaard. The First Symphony is prefaced by the nationalistic tone-poem Finlandia, its singing central melody composed with an ear to mass appeal as well as to political protest. The First Symphony is no apprentice work; although drawing on the legacy of Tchaikovsky and Brahms, Sibelius created something distinctively and evocatively Nordic. Still more sophisticated is the Second, often heard as a musical shout of grief and rage at Russian oppression.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/2015/98),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37),
Digital Photographs |