Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20090126 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Featuring performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself. Sibelius: Karelia Suite Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor) Chausson: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer, Op 19 Soile Isokoski (soprano) Hannu Lintu (conductor) 2.45pm Rautavaara: Isle of Bliss West Australian Symphony Orchestra Arild Remmereit (conductor) 3.00pm Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor) Paavali Jumppanen (piano) Sibelius: Symphony No 1 in E minor, Op 39 Tampere Philharmonic John Storgards (conductor) ANON (arr. Palmgren): En alskling ut i varlden jag har ANON (arr. Rainer Holmgard): Var ar vagens mal Camilla Nylund (soprano) Finnish Chamber Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto Jean-Luc Votano (clarinet) Liege Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Arming (conductor) Including works by Sibelius, Chausson and Rautavaara, plus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto. |
| 02 | 20090127 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Featuring performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself. 2.05pm Kokkonen: Interludes from the Opera The Last Temptation Lahti Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vanska (conductor) 2.20pm Mozart: Piano Concerto in C Minor, K491 Olli Mustonen (piano/conductor) Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic 2.50pm Lindberg: Arena NDR Symphony Orchestra Alan Gilbert (conductor) Bartok: Sonata Juho Pohjonen (piano) 3.20pm Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 36 Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor, Op 55, No 2 (Razor) Meta 4 String Quartet Sibelius: Symphony No 5 Osmo Vanska (conductor). Including the Fifth Symphony and works by Mozart, Beethoven and Lindberg. |
| 03 | 20090128 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Featuring performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself. Mozart: Symphony No 36 in C (Linz), K425 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor) 2.25pm Webern: Im Sommerwind Suisse Romande Orchestra Susannah Malkki (conductor) Sibelius: Flickan Kom Ifran Sin (The girl comes from meeting her lover) Karita Mattila (soprano) Swedish RSO Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) 2.40pm Sibelius: String Quartet in D Minor (Voces Intimae) Meta4 String Quartet 3.15pm Kaipainen: Violin Concerto Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Sakari Oramo (conductor). Including Mozart's Symphony No 36, plus works by Sibelius, Webern and Kaipainen. |
| 04 | 20090130 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Featuring performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself. Sibelius: Nocturne (Belshazzar's Feast) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor) Saariaho: Parfum de l'instant Karita Mattila (soprano) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Esa Pekka Salonen (conductor) 3.00pm Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op 45 Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 3.35pm Sibelius: Nine Songs Jorma Hynninen (baritone) Finnish Chamber Orchestra Ollie Mustonen: Triple Concerto Pekka Kuusisto, Candida Thompson, Elizabeth Perry (violin) Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Olli Mustonen (conductor) 4.15pm Rachmaninov: Three Folksongs, Op 41 (Nos 1, 3); Tjerez retjku retjku bystru, Op 41, No 1 (Across the River); Belilitsy rumjanitsy vy moi, Op 41, No 3 (Whiten my Rouged Cheeks) Eric Ericson Chamber Chorus Swedish Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen: Dance from Foreign Bodies Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 7 Summer Academy National Youth Orchestra John Adams (conductor). Louise Fryer presents music by Sibelius, Saariaho, Rachmaninov and Mustonen. |