BBC Philharmonic: Sibelius/Tippett/Stravinsky

BBC Philharmonic: Sibelius/Tippett/Stravinsky

Thursday, 25 April 2019, 7.30pm

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 6 in D minor(27 mins)

Michael Tippett
Piano Concerto(33 mins)

Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in C major(30 mins)

Performers
BBC Philharmonic

Andrew Davis
conductor

Steven Osborne
piano

Michael Tippett’s masterpiece for solo piano and orchestra redefined the English
concerto, marrying pastoral lyricism with spiky modernity to thrilling effect.

Tonight, the orchestra welcomes two performers who inhabit Tippett’s soundworld like few others: Steven Osborne, who made the definitive recording a few years ago, and Sir Andrew Davis, a longtime Tippett admirer.

Tonight also features two symphonies by 20th-century pioneers: Sibelius’s lucid, translucent Sixth, and a potent, persuasive work written by Igor Stravinsky, in his own words, ‘to the glory of God’.

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Published by Journal of Music on 22 April 2019

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