Richard Strauss wrote music that described things – people ... Also on the bill, touring soloist Midori performs the Sibelius violin concerto. “Strauss had been contemplating an Alpine ...

Recordings don’t capture the full dynamics that are at play in Sibelius’s music. The next piece was Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5. After the gnarled and tangled Northland, Enlightenment ...

Probably no composer in history has meant so much to his native country as did Sibelius. He still does. ‘He is Finland in music; and he is Finnish music,’ observed one critic. Sibelius was born in a ...

Is Nielsen the new Sibelius? Over Osmo Vänskä’s 19 seasons as Minnesota Orchestra music director, the orchestra became internationally renowned for its interpretations of music by Vänskä's ...

Chief Conductor John Storgårds in thrilling music by Per Nørgård and Sibelius. They are joined by Paul Lewis for Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. Show more The Chief Conductor of the BBC ...