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Sibelius’ Symphony No.2
ARVO PÄRT Fratres for string orchestra and percussion (c.10 mins)
ABEL SELAOCOE New Work (BBC Co-Commission, World Premiere) (c.25 mins)
TORMIS Overture No.2 (c.11 mins)
SIBELIUS Symphony No.2 (c.43 mins)
Abel Selaocoe, cello
Anu Tali, conductor
From the gentle melody that opens Sibelius’s Second, to its magnificent, surging finale you can see why the composer once compared it to a river gathering speed and strength as it courses to the sea. But it was also interpreted as a rallying call for Finland’s independence from Tsarist Russia. Anu Tali is the perfect conductor to bring it to vivid life, and she shares contrasting masterworks from her native Estonia: the tranquillity of Arvo Pärt and the supercharged rhythms of Veljo Tormis. There’s a World Premiere, too, from the exuberant cellist, Abel Selaocoe, who returns to the BBC SSO, and fuses Western and African traditions into something universal and completely unique.
