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Closing Night: Sibelius' Fifth Symphony

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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“God, what beauty!”. Once upon a time in Finland, Sibelius saw a flight of swans and felt his imagination take wing. That’s the story behind the unforgettable horn theme that crowns his Fifth Symphony: music as astonishing, and as inevitable, as nature itself. Those vaulting horns are a spine-tingling way to end the season. So what could be more natural than Ryan Wigglesworth inviting Stefan Dohr, a legend among living horn players, to perform an...

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven - Overture 'Namensfeier'

Hans Abrahamsen - Concerto for Horn and Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 in C major

Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 5 in E flat major

Participants

Stefan Dohr

Horn

Ryan Wigglesworth

Conductor

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Producer