Sibelius' Kullervo from the Baltic Sea Festival
Alex Humphreys introduces an afternoon of great music-making, including highlights from the Baltic Sea Festival and chamber music from the East Neuk Festival.
Alex Humphreys presents an afternoon of exclusive music-making from the UK and beyond. From the Baltic Sea Festival, we hear Sibelius鈥檚 dramatic Kullervo, inspired by Finland鈥檚 national epic, the Kalevala, and telling the tragic story of its doomed hero. There鈥檚 also early music from the award-winning period-instrument ensemble Il Pomo d鈥橭ro, joined by countertenor Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski.
Continuing the Baltic connection, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra perform Shostakovich, while Estonian composer Arvo P盲rt鈥檚 Greater Antiphons is performed by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko.
From the East Neuk Festival, the English Concert Winds perform Mozart鈥檚 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 J贸zef Orli艅ski, (countertenor)
Carlo Pallavicino
Sinfonia, from 鈥楧emetrio鈥�
Il Pomo d'Oro
Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski, (countertenor)
East Neuk Festival:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to Marriage of Figaro
English Concert Winds
East Neuk Festival:
Fran莽ois 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 Dr盲ngar (male choir)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Arvo P盲rt
Greater Antiphons
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
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- Fri 9 Oct 2026 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3