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Sibelius鈥檚 Second Symphony

蘑菇短视频 Proms 2026

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

Live at the 蘑菇短视频 Proms: the 蘑菇短视频 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 (蘑菇短视频 co-commission: UK premiere)
Benjamin Britten: Cello Symphony

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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.

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Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major

Guy Johnston (Cello)
蘑菇短视频 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (Conductor)

Fifty years since Benjamin Britten鈥檚 death, former 蘑菇短视频 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.

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Music Played

  • Mark鈥怉nthony Turnage

    Festen - Suite From The Opera

    Orchestra: 蘑菇短视频 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Symphony Op.68

    Performer: Guy Johnston. Orchestra: 蘑菇短视频 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Suite No. 3 Op.87 ; Passacaglia (Lento Solenne)

    Performer: Guy Johnston.

  • Jean Sibelius

    滨蝉盲苍尘补补濒濒别

    Choir: Tapiolan Kamarikuoro. Conductor: Hannu Norjanen.
    • Jean Sibelius: Complete Choral Songs.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 69.

  • Jean Sibelius

    I Love You with All My Heart (6 Finnish Folksongs)

    Performer: Eero Heinonen.
    • Sibelius : Published Original Works for Piano - Complete Edition Vol. 5.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 12.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Evening Comes (6 Finnish Folksongs)

    Performer: Eero Heinonen.
    • Sibelius : Published Original Works for Piano - Complete Edition Vol. 5.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 13.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Men min f氓gel m盲rks dock icke (Op. 36 No. 2)

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • Sibelius: Songs, Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 402.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Kyllikki - Three Lyrical Pieces for Piano, Op. 41: III. Comodo

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Sibelius.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 2 In D Major Op.43

    Orchestra: 蘑菇短视频 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

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  • Last Tuesday 19:00
    蘑菇短视频 Radio 3