Sibelius' Kullervo from the Baltic Sea Festival

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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) R3 AFTERNOON PLAN To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".