BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion
Sibelius the Storyteller
The BBC Symphony Orchestra ventures into the literary and cultural hinterland of one of the 20th Century’s great symphonists – Jean Sibelius.
No genius creates in a vacuum, and while Sibelius’s seven symphonies are landmarks of 20th-century orchestral music, they have deep roots. Today, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its Finnish chief conductor Sakari Oramo lead a day-long adventure into the forests (both real and legendary) that nourished Sibelius’s imagination: the words, the landscapes, the colleagues and the traditions that formed the bedrock on which he built his distinctive musical vision.
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Events
BBC SO Total Immersion: Crossings, Creations and Immersions
The last word: an evening of music and words inspired by Finnish legend and landscape, before Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Sibelius’s final great masterpiece Tapiola.
BBC SO Total Immersion: Songs and Seasons
Explore Finland’s choral tradition, as Owain Park and the BBC Singers present songs and poetry by Sibelius, his pupils, and their Finnish contemporaries.
BBC SO Total Immersion: Stories, Quests and Secret Sagas
Sibelius the Storyteller: Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in four vivid musical mini-epics, accompanied by readings from the ancient stories that inspired them.
BBC SO Total Immersion: Phantoms, Visions, Siren Voices
Poetry and music merge in readings and songs: an atmospheric starting point for the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s day of Total Immersion in the world of Sibelius the Storyteller.
