Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2025 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season - Prom 51: BBC Proms: Sibelius’s Second
Performance Date 26 August 2025
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersIsabelle Faust - violin
Orchestra or BandLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
ConductorsAndris Nelsons
Set List'Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten', Arvo Pärt,
'Violin Concerto in A minor', Dvorak,

INTERVAL

'Symphony No. 2 in D major', Sibelius
Performance NotesThe prestigious Leipzig Gewandhausorchester – the world’s longest-established symphony orchestra, famous for the glossy richness of its ‘Leipzig sound’ – returns to the Proms under Music Director Andris Nelsons.

Joining them is violinist Isabelle Faust, soloist in Dvor?a´k’s colourful, folk-inspired Violin Concerto.

The elemental power of Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2, with its heroic final movement, has become indelibly associated with Finland’s fight for freedom, no less personal a statement than the fragile, hypnotic beauty of Arvo Pa¨rt’s tribute to Benjamin Britten.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2025/30),
Programme (RAHE/1/2025/
Ticket Prices£9 - £115 (Promming tickets £8)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2025/78BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2024 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season - Prom 51: Sibelius’s Second26 August 2025
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work13506BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2025 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season72
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/19251Faust; Isabelle (1972-); German violinist, music educator
DS/UK/7659Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; 1781-; German symphony orchestra
DS/UK/1182Nelsons; Andris (1978-); Latvian Conductor
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