Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Hillborg, Grieg and Sibelius
About this event
This concert by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks has an entirely Scandinavian theme. Under the aegis of Esa-Pekka Salonen the orchestra begins the recital with “Eleven Gates”, a work of sound-painting by the contemporary Swedish composer Anders Hillborg. It proves to be a journey through the territory of everyday sounds with singing wine glasses, taxi horns and the screeching of seagulls, and it goes straight to the listener’s ear: “more pop than avantgarde,” as the Abendzeitung München writes enthusiastically.
Alice Sara Ott provides the focal point of the evening, giving her debut with the orchestra in the Piano Concerto in A minor by Edvard Grieg. “This is the pianist’s showpiece,” as the Abendzeitung München writes with admiration: “very powerful, with a natural tempo and performed without any extravagant gestures.”
The orchestra rises to the challenge with the impressive final work, the great Fifth Symphony by Jean Sibelius, a performance marking his 150th birthday. “The way Salonen achieved the refined, initially unnoticeable acceleration of pace in the Sibelius and brought it towards something of a final explosion is an experience that no one who was present will ever forget.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Repertoire
Anders Hillborg: Eleven Gates for Orchestra (2005-2006)
Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor op. 16
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major op. 82
Duration: approx. 90 minutes.
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