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A Meditation on Life

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Barbican Centre

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Hush…when the great Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho died in 2023, she left behind her a trumpet concerto unlike any other, crafted to showcase the remarkable, genre-crossing artistry of trumpeter Verneri Pohjola. He gives its UK premiere tonight. a final, profoundly moving testament from one of our century’s greatest creative spirits, as she took her own 'journey to silence'.

Program

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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 10

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Composer

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Toward the Unknown Region

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Kaija Saariaho - HUSH

Participants

Sakari Oramo

Conductor

Verneri Pohjola

Trumpet

Igor Yuzefovich

Violin

Barbican Centre

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24

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7:30 pm

Barbican Centre

London, United Kingdom

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