Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: Sibelius | Rare Historical Photos

Do you suffer from organ failure? Here’s why you should give this mightiest of instruments a hearing

A Sunday morning Prom showcases the magnificent RAH instrument, but the organ’s not just for Bach – check out pioneering musicians from Jonny Greenwood to Kali Malone. Plus, Igor Levit is cancelled – and at the top of the German charts

The Guardian - UK

BBCPhil/Storgårds / Park & Jupiter Ensemble reviews – stylish Strauss and lyrical Sibelius … and a lutenist’s singalong

Sueye Park’s poetic, enthralling Proms debut in Sibelius’s violin concerto was followed by an effervescent late-night concert from Thomas Dunford’s Jupiter Ensemble with Laurence Kilsby

The Guardian - UK

Sueye Park: Goldmark and Sibelius album review – Korean violinist’s silvery tone is ideal for Goldmark rarity

The young violinist pairs contrasting works by Goldmark and Sibelius in engaging and fluid performances

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Philharmonia/ Rouvali review – Fazil Say’s concerto sounds an urgent wakeup call

The UK premiere of the Turkish composer’s piano concerto Mother Earth was balanced with theatrical Sibelius and a sure-footed reading of Dvorak’s upbeat Eighth Symphony

The Guardian - UK

CBSO/Vänskä review – weird brilliance and neurotic tics in a compelling programme

Soprano Helena Juntunen brought Sibelius’ vocal works to dramatic life in a remarkable concert that paired the Finnish composer with late Shostakovich

The Guardian - UK

BBCSO/Adès review – Adès held the orchestra as if under a spell

A Proms programme of the UK premiere of Gabriella Smith’s Breathing Forests, Sibelius, and Adès’s own music (Five Spells from The Tempest) was atmospheric and engaging

The Guardian - UK

First night of the Proms review – Batiashvili’s magnificent Sibelius opens the festival

An oddly disparate programme, including an Errollyn Wallen world premiere and a Vaughan Williams rarity, didn’t quite cohere in this opening concert, but all was outstandingly played

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Per Nørgård obituary

Danish composer driven by the concept of musical metamorphosis and a renowned symphonist

The Guardian - UK

Sibelius and Barber: Violin Concertos album review – Renaud Capuçon’s golden-toned glamour

The violinist’s golden-toned playing and meaty interpretations are matched by an orchestra that packs plenty of punch under Daniel Harding

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Tales of Hoffmann; Philharmonia/ Salonen; Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko – review

Wild fantasies take hold in Offenbach’s compellingly strange opera; Lawrence Power is more than a match for Magnus Lindberg’s new Viola Concerto; and to the underworld with the Berlin Phil

The Guardian - UK

Philharmonia/Rouvali review – epic Nordic soundscapes of drama and disruption

Sibelius’s rarely programmed Kullervo closed a rich and varied programme of Nordic music in touch with nature

The Guardian - UK

LSO/Pappano review – new era begins with ghosts and great beauty

Chief conductor’s kicks off his first season with the London Symphony Orchestra with energy and thrilling drama in beguiling Sibelius and a new work from James MacMillan

The Guardian - UK

Prom 25: BBC Philharmonic/Storgårds review – the best new work of the season?

The centrepiece of a programme of Schumann, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky was Hans Abrahamsen’s seamlessly inventive Horn Concerto, played immaculately by Stefan Dohr

The Guardian - UK

Proms at the Glasshouse review – Rakei proves ripe for orchestration

The weekend’s mini Proms festival in Gateshead ranged widely from Star Wars to Sibelius, with the electro soul of Jordan Rakei an undoubted highlight

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Sibelius and Prokofiev Violin Concertos album review – freewheeling rapport never sounds forced

The violinist, orchestra and conductor find remarkable connections with each other, bringing expansiveness, risk and a spellbinding atmosphere

The Guardian - UK

Sibelius: Symphony No 4, The Wood Nymph Valse Triste album review – Rouvali’s take is bold but not always brilliant

The Gothenburg Symphony are outstanding in this all Sibelius disc, but chief conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali’s fresh approach doesn’t always bring rewards

The Guardian - UK

John White obituary

Composer whose desire to write music in an attractive contemporary idiom led him to a range of stylistic starting points

The Guardian - UK

BBCSO/Oramo review – the freshness Oramo brought to Sibelius was a joyous revelation

Sakari Oramo presented the Finnish composer’s enigmatic Sixth symphony and the majestic Seventh as a single span in a concert that also included the UK premiere of Tebogo Monnakgotla’s Globe Skimmer Surfing the Somali Jet with violinist Johan Dalene

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Prom 1: BBCSO/Stasevska review – energy, ovations and defiance open season

A programme ranging from Sibelius, Grieg and Britten to a world premiere by Ukrainian Bohdana Frolyak opened the Proms with conductor Dalia Stasevska engaged and outgoing.

The Guardian - UK

Hallé orchestra/Stasevska review – Beethoven’s wit and Sibelius’s passion

A programme of Sibelius, Andrea Tarrodi and Beethoven – with soloists Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Benjamin Grosvenor and Hyeyoon Park – saw the Hallé on magnificent form, conducted with flair and grace

The Guardian - UK

Quirky, revelatory, intimate … the best classical releases of 2022

From live Tippett, locked-down Debussy and luminous Charles Koechlin to dazzling Szymanowski and dextrous Beethoven, we pick the outstanding releases of the past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

BBCSO/Stasevska review – Auntie’s delayed premiere and an electrifying Sibelius First

The BBC’s 100th birthday gift from its Symphony Orchestra was Iain Farrington’s jaunty tribute, plus a scientific curiosity, a noble Elgar and an edge-of-your seat Sibelius finale

The Guardian - UK

Total Immersion: Sibelius the Storyteller review – hair-raising climaxes and soaring operatic intensity

A day of concerts led by Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra explored the Finnish composer’s tone poems and songs, and made for a vivid - and special - experience

The Guardian - UK

Pavel Kolesnikov/Hallé/Mark Elder review – superb Sibelius and no-frills Rachmaninov

Kolesnikov met the challenges of Rachmaninov’s demanding Third Piano Concerto with ease, and the orchestra soared during Sibelius’s glorious Third Symphony

The Guardian - UK

From Dracula to David Cross: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

A wildly cinematic take on Bram Stoker, or a standup showcase from a comedy great? Our critics have you covered for the next seven days

1 2

People

John David Washington

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the BBC Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

17 stories

BBC Philharmonic

13 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.