Estimated duration

2 h, incl. intermission

Organizer

Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri

Jörgen van Rijen, Principal Trombone at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, brings with him a spicy concerto he commissioned from Samy Moussa.

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Jörgen van Rijen, trombone

Samy Moussa: Concerto for trombone and orchestra ”Yericho” (first performance in Finland)
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (1877)

“Why does the gentlest and quietest man turn into an anarchist the moment he starts composing?” sneered music critic Eduard Hanslick in 1885. Even 140 years later, the revolutionary form and breathtaking harmonies of Anton Bruckner’s Third Symphony still leave no one untouched. A virtuoso who is not afraid of challenges, Jörgen van Rijen, Principal Trombone at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, brings with him a concerto he commissioned from Samy Moussa.