Sibelius Symphonies: Symphony No. 3

27 Oct 2017, Barbican, London

19:30 Fri 27 Oct 2017 Next Event

麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2017-18 Season Sibelius Symphonies: Symphony No. 3

19:30 Fri 27 Oct 2017 Barbican, London

Two symphonies written 50 years apart, and perfectly complementary, bookend two great French works for piano and orchestra played by a master.

Performances & Interviews

01:30

Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius Symphonies

A taste of what's to come in the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra 17-18 season at the Barbican

Sep '17麻豆官网首页入口

Programme

- - Florent Schmitt
  - Symphony no. 2, op. 137
- - C茅sar Franck
  - Symphonic Variations
- - Maurice Ravel
  - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
- - Jean Sibelius
  - Symphony No 3 in C major

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Concert Information

Two symphonies written 50 years apart, and perfectly complementary, bookend two great French works for piano and orchestra played by a master.

C茅sar Franck鈥檚 once hugely popular Symphonic Variations are paired with Ravel鈥檚 inventive Concerto for the Left Hand, both works played by the award-winning Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, a pianist with an innate and wonderfully natural feeling for French music.

They form the heart of a programme that opens with Florent Schmitt鈥檚 last work, his Second Symphony of 1957, a piece of luxuriant orchestration with a battery of percussion 鈥� a captivating follow-up to last season鈥檚 performance of Schmitt鈥檚 incidental music for Shakespeare鈥檚 Antony and Cleopatra. Sibelius鈥檚 Third makes a perfect complement to the Francophone tone of the programme, a work of almost classical poise and scale; another staging post in Sakari Oramo鈥檚 Sibelius symphony cycle.