Estimated duration

2 h, incl. intermission

Organizer

Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri

“Such a compact entity, and yet we are in cosmic dimensions!” is how Jukka-Pekka Saraste sums up the wonder that is Sibelius's Fourth Symphony.

Jukka-Pekka Saraste: conductor
Kristīne Balanas, violin

Sebastian Fagerlund: Drifts
Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 4

“Such a compact entity, and yet we are in cosmic dimensions!” is how Jukka-Pekka Saraste sums up the wonder that is Sibelius’s Fourth Symphony. The performance concludes the HPO’s two-season Sibelius cycle. Sebastian Fagerlund is inspired by the symphony orchestra. He wants to compose music in which “everyone has something interesting to play and instrument groups communicate with each other.” In his composition Drifts, the orchestra is like a slow-moving stream that shapes sandbars and other changing forms.