Celebrating Nielsen: Sinfonia Espansiva

Tue 3 Feb 2009 7:30pm at Symphony Hall

Nielsen’s music is so fresh and clear that it’s not hard to hear it as musical landscape painting – inspired by the countryside and folklore of his native Denmark. He dubbed his Third Symphony “Expansive”, and it’s easy to hear why; this is simply some of the most radiant music of modern times with an ecstatic slow movement featuring wordless parts for singers. In this final instalment of the CBSO and the Hallé’s joint Nielsen Symphony Cycle, conductor Mark Elder and the Hallé
return to pair the Symphony with two more great Scandinavian landscapes – the fire and ice of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto and Grieg’s much loved Peer Gynt suite; just four of the most irresistible tunes ever written!

£9.50, £13.50, £17, £20.50, £23.50, £28, £32, £37, £39.50

Sir Mark Elder – conductor
Nadine Livingston – soprano
Matthew Brook – baritone
Alina Pogostkina – violin

Grieg: Peer Gynt – Suite No. 1 13’
Sibelius: Violin Concerto 31’
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 (Espansiva) 38’

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