Colburn Orchestra: Sibelius Violin Concerto

Conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall for an all-Finnish program featuring some of Sibelius’s greatest hits. After an ethereal piece by Kaija Saariaho – a work dedicated to Salonen himself – the violin shines in Sibelius’s brooding Violin Concerto, an expressive and technically-challenging showcase of the instrument. The concert concludes with the soaring melodies and triumphant timbre of Sibelius’s Second S...