Composer of the Week

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Donald Macleod commemorates the 50th anniversary of Sibelius's death. 1/5. By the age of 26, Sibelius had already established his reputation with the first of his symphonic masterpieces, marking him out as a standard-bearer of Finnish culture. This programme includes one of his most popular orchestral suites and the first in a line of tone poems that would thread themselves through his career over the next 30 years. The Kiss's Hope; Spring is Flying; The Dream; The Young Huntsman, Op 13 Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Bengt Forsberg (piano) En Saga Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Leif Segerstam (conductor) Rakastava Accentus Chamber Choir Eric Ericson (conductor) Karelia Suite City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor).