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GROVES SIBELIUS 5 PHILHARMONIA BBC BROADCAST FREE
Entry is free to ticket-holders for the concert but space is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment. WFMT to broadcast the CSO’s ‘Aida’ on Aug. Pre-concert talk 6:45pm Dan Holden discusses this evening's works. This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Symphony No 5 is a stunning example of Sibelius' ability to build a symphonic movement on the dynamic development of a single idea. The symphony was inspired by swans in flight, especially evident in the finale.

In 2020 his first Philharmonia CD a live recording of selections from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake was released by Signum Records this was followed by a live recording of. The work was premiered by Sibelius himself on his birthday: 9 December 1915. In February 2020 they released the second volume, featuring Sibelius’s Second Symphony and King Christian II, which also was awarded a Choc de Classica award. The Finnish government commissioned Sibelius to write Symphony No 5 in honour of his fiftieth birthday. Who better to perform Grieg's only piano concerto than Norwegian-born Christian Ihle Hadland. The concerto has been used in popular culture, in television shows such as Morecambe and Wise's 1971 Christmas Special. It provides evidence of Grieg's interest in Norwegian folk music, as the theme of the third movement is influenced by Norwegian Halling Dance. Grieg's Piano Concerto is one of his most popular works and among the most popular piano concerti.


Written in C major, it is clearly indebted to the Classical era and to Beethoven's teacher Joseph Haydn as well as Mozart, but nonetheless Beethoven decorates it with his own personal characteristics, making it his own interpretation of the Classical Symphony. Beethoven dedicated Symphony No 1 to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, his earlier patron.
