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Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Sibelius's Symphony No.2, Turnage's Festen Suite, and, with Guy Johnston, Britten's Cello Symphony.

Presented by Hannah French, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Mark鈥怉nthony Turnage: Festen Suite (麻豆社 co-commission: UK premiere)
Benjamin Britten: Cello Symphony

c.8.00pm
Interval: Mark Anthony Turnage talks to Hannah French about his award-winning opera Festen, and adapting the suite for orchestra. Plus, Daniel Grimely talks about Sibelius's Symphony No. 2.

c.08.20
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major

Guy Johnston (Cello)
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (Conductor)

Fifty years since Benjamin Britten鈥檚 death, former 麻豆社 Young Musician winner Guy Johnston brings the composer鈥檚 Cello Symphony to the Proms. Originally written for Mstislav Rostropovich, it鈥檚 the composer at his most intense: a tour de force for the soloist, set against a brooding, often eerie orchestral backdrop. There鈥檚 darkness in Sibelius鈥檚 Symphony No. 2 as well 鈥� gloriously thrown aside in the glowing finale 鈥� but is it the weight of Russian political oppression or of personal loss? The concert opens with the UK premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage鈥檚 Festen Suite, adapted from the composer鈥檚 multi-Olivier-Award-winning 2025 opera.