| Set List | Symphony No.5 in E Flat Major, Sibelius
INTERVAL
Symphony No.6 in D Minor, Sibelius,
Symphony No.7 in C Major, Sibelius |
| Performance Notes | Who better to bring this years cycle of Sibelius symphonies to a close than Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä, with one exceptional cycle already completed on disc and another currently under way. These symphonies of mine are more confessions of faith than are my other works, wrote Sibelius, but the later symphonies were hard-won confessions in which the composers creativity struggled with self-doubt and hostile critics. The results, however, are exceptional, from the soaring horn-led Swan Hymn of the Fifth to the innocent beauty of the Sixth to the single-movement Seventh, with its total symphonic unity and an ending that has been called the grandest celebration of C major there ever was.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
HRH The Duke of Kent attended the concert. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/2015/101),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37) |