‘Finland Awakes!’ was Sibelius’s original name for Finlandia – a soul-shaking song of hope and liberation from a nation struggling to break from Russian rule. Freedom was in the air, and across Scandinavia composers turned to poetry, folklore and the untamed beauty of the natural environment to create music that sang of their dreams and aspirations.

Sibelius: Songs of Love and Freedom

Southbank Centre

Ring out the old and sing in the new with the Berwaldhallen’s festive Epiphany concert! In this year’s concert, comedian Jonatan Unge is your host, and the Norwegian conductor Cathrine Winnes leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir, along with sopranos Julia Sporsén and Mari Eriksmoen, as well as this year’s Classical Artist in P2, trumpeter Ellinor Bengtson.

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Epiphany Concert 2026

Berwaldhallen

Finlandia

BBC Concert Orchestra

Symphony No. 1

5 Songs

The wind and the tree

Prayer to Night

Fylgia

Starry eye

Concerto for Orchestra

Arioso

Julia Sporsén

Events

Upcoming events

9 - 10 Jan, 2026

Epiphany Concert 2026 · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Mar 17, 2024

Sibelius: Songs of Love and Freedom · BBC Concert Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Finlandia by Sibelius

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Symphony No. 1 by Sibelius

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in 5 Songs by Sibelius

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in The wind and the tree by Rangström

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Prayer to Night by Rangström

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Fylgia by Stenhammar

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Starry eye by Stenhammar

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Concerto for Orchestra by Gendre

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Arioso by Sibelius

BBC Concert Orchestra

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