Description
Nicholas Collon, conductor
Steven Osborne, piano
Lotta Wennäkoski: Verdigris
Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Late‑evening chamber music:
Piia Komsi, soprano
N. N., clarinet
Jussi Särkkä, bassoon
József Hárs, French horn
Emma Vähälä, violin
Pasi Eerikäinen, violin
Albert Papp, viola
Miika Uuksulainen, cello
Teemu Kauppinen, double bass
Sofia Gubaidulina: Hommage à T.S. Eliot
Colors flash like the aurora in Sibelius’s first symphony. This stormy masterpiece is a Finnish classic that RSO and Nicholas Collon have no special excuse to perform. Lotta Wennäkoski’s colour world is unique: Verdigris is a personal tribute to Sibelius. Britten’s youthful concerto, on the other hand, is a silky play of light and shadow, especially when performed by Steven Osborne, one of the work’s most prominent interpreters.