Jan Michiels, Justus Grimm & Petteri Salomaa

Sibelius & Mustonen

this event is part of

Topstuk Sibelius

chamber music

Wed 09 Oct 2019 -20.00

introduction by Jan Christiaens	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	21.55
with break

All prices include booking fees.

Part of Abo Kamermuziek 19-20

Finnish scenic beauty and tradition inspire musical panoramas

As rugged and robust as Sibelius could be in his symphonies, so hushed and romantic could he be in his chamber music. Like a peaceful poet, he tells stirring stories about forests, trees and panoramas, beautiful walks and dreamy thoughts. Nature was an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Sibelius, but so too was the Finnish national folk epic the Kalevala. That is also true for Olli Mustonen, who seeks to transport his audience to another place with his Taivaanvalot (Heavenly Lights).

programme

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Four works for violin & piano, opus 78
Malinconia, opus 20
Five sketches for piano, opus 114
Kyllikki, opus 41

Olli Mustonen (1967)
Taivaanvalot (Belgian premiere, commissioned by Concertgebouw Brugge)

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Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Four works for violin & piano, opus 78
Malinconia, opus 20
Five sketches for piano,