Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

FRSO, Nicholas Collon & Jukka Harju

“In the Arctic region, the ice breathes with the seasons, swelling in winter and shrinking in summer,” writes Outi Tarkiainen of Songs of the Ice. “Its age-old movement sings a song of its own: slowly surging, unrelenting and covering all beneath it.” 

György Ligeti was commissioned to write a Horn Concerto by a foundation in Hamburg, which is why it is called the Hamburg Concerto, as in the Bach Brandenburgs. Another masterpiece of concentrated musical thinking is Jean Sibelius’s last Symphony.

Performers:

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO)

Nicholas Collon, conductor

Jukka Harju, French horn

Program:

Giovanni Gabrieli: Brass works

György Ligeti: Concerto for French horn

Outi Tarkiainen: Songs of the Ice

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 C Major Op. 105

Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall

12.4.2023 at 19.00

Tickets 9–38€ from Ticketmaster, ticket sales starts 9.12.2022