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Afternoon Concert: Proms 2015 Repeats: Prom 40: Sibelius - Symphonies Nos 1 and 2

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27/08/2015

Prom 40: Sibelius - Symphonies Nos 1 and 2

Proms 2015 Repeats

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BBC SSO performs Sibelius: Finlandia; Symphony No 1 in E minor, Op 39; Symphony No 2 in D.

An all-Sibelius Prom, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. Sibelius: Finlandia; Symphony No 1 in E minor, Op 39; Symphony No 2 in D.

Afternoon on 3 - with Jonathan Swain

Another chance to hear the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Thomas Dausgaard performing an all-Sibelius programme, with his first and second symphonies, and Finlandia.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

2pm:
Sibelius: Finlandia

2.10pm:
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op 39

2.50pm:
Symphony No. 2 in D major

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

Celebrations for Sibelius's 150th anniversary continue with a complete symphony cycle, launched by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and its new Chief Conductor Designate, Thomas Dausgaard. The First Symphony is prefaced by the nationalistic tone-poem Finlandia, its singing central melody composed with an ear to mass appeal as well as to political protest. The First Symphony is no apprentice work; although drawing on the legacy of Tchaikovsky and Brahms, Sibelius created something distinctively and evocatively Nordic. Still more sophisticated is the Second, often heard as a musical shout of grief and rage at Russian oppression.

[First broadcast on Saturday 15th August]

Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2015 Repeats

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