Munich Philharmonic: Debussy / Tüür / Sibelius Paavo Järvi (conductor), Ksenija Sidorova (accordion)
Erkki-Sven Tüür and Paavo Järvi have known each other since their youth; in the 1970s, they played in a rock band together. That was a long time ago. Today, both have found their place in the classical music world and meet in concert halls rather than clubs.
Erkki-Sven Tüür and Paavo Järvi have known each other since their youth; in the 1970s, they played in a rock band together. That was a long time ago. Today, both have found their place in the classical music world and meet in concert halls rather than clubs.
- Ksenija Sidorova, accordion
- Munich Philharmonic
- Paavo Järvi, conductor
In his accordion concerto Prophecy, Tüür creatively fuses the accordion’s sound with those of the orchestra. The soloist is Ksenija Sidorova, a celebrated virtuoso on her instrument. While a young Claude Debussy composed his early work Printemps as a fellow in the Roman Villa Medici, Sibelius was already a celebrated Finnish national hero when he composed his Symphony No 5. And while Debussy took his inspiration for Printemps from human reflection of spring, Sibelius drew on the autumn sun and nature’s colours of farewell for his fifth symphony. The latter became famous for the majestic “swan theme”, which Sibelius conceived while watching 16 swans in flight.
Programme
- Claude Debussy: “Printemps”, symphonic suite (version for orchestra by Henri Büsser)
- Erkki Sven Tüür: “Prophecy”, Concerto for accordion and orchestra
- Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E-flat major, Op 82
