Sibelius' Kullervo from the Baltic Sea Festival
Alex Humphreys introduces an afternoon of great music-making, including highlights from the Baltic Sea Festival and chamber music from the East Neuk Festival.
Alex Humphreys presents an afternoon of exclusive music-making from the UK and beyond. From the Baltic Sea Festival, we hear Sibelius’s dramatic Kullervo, inspired by Finland’s national epic, the Kalevala, and telling the tragic story of its doomed hero. There’s also early music from the award-winning period-instrument ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro, joined by countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński.
Continuing the Baltic connection, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra perform Shostakovich, while Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s Greater Antiphons is performed by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko.
From the East Neuk Festival, the English Concert Winds perform Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, while pianist Christian Zacharias brings together music by Couperin and Poulenc.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, p. 35
Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings
Indrek Vau (trumpet)
Marie-Ange Nguci (piano)
Orchestra of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Olari Elts (conductor)
Baltic Sea Festival:
Francesco Cavalli
Incomprensibil nume, Pompeo Magno's aria from act 2 of 'Pompeo Magno'
Il Pomo d'Oro
Jakub Józef Orliński, (countertenor)
Carlo Pallavicino
Sinfonia, from ‘Demetrio’
Il Pomo d'Oro
Jakub Józef Orliński, (countertenor)
East Neuk Festival:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to Marriage of Figaro
English Concert Winds
East Neuk Festival:
François Couperin: Les Baricades Misterieuses
Francis Poulenc: Deux intermezzi, FP 71: 2. Intermezzo in D flat major
Francis Poulenc: Melancolie for piano
Christian Zacharias (piano)
Baltic Sea Festival:
Jean Sibelius
Kullervo, Op. 7
Aphrodite Patoulidou (soprano)
Peter Mattei (baritone)
Orphei Drängar (male choir)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Arvo Pärt
Greater Antiphons
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35
Performer: Orchestra of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Performer: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Olari Elts.![]()
Francesco Cavalli
Incomprensibil nume, Pompeo Magno's aria from Act 2 of 'Pompeo Magno'
Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.![]()
Carlo Pallavicino
Sinfonia from Demetrio
Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński.![]()
Giovanni Cesare Netti
Son vecchia, pazienza, Crinalba's aria from Act 2 of 'L'Adamiro'
Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.![]()
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: English Concert Winds.![]()
François Couperin
Pieces de clavecin - ordre no. 6: i.Les Baricades misterieuses
Performer: Christian Zacharias.![]()
Francis Poulenc
Intermezzo no. 2 in D flat major for piano
Performer: Christian Zacharias.![]()
Francis Poulenc
Melancolie for piano
Performer: Christian Zacharias.![]()
Jean Sibelius
Kullervo Op. 7
Performer: Aphrodite Patoulidou. Performer: Peter Mattei. Performer: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Orphei Drängar. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.![]()
Fritz Kreisler
Selection of Miniatures
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.![]()
Arvo Pärt
Greater Antiphons
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.![]()
Alec Templeton
Pocket-Sized Sonata No.1
Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Performer: Dominic Degavino.![]()
Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (Moldau), from 'Má vlast' (My Homeland)
Orchestra: Järvi Academy Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
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