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Nordic Celebrations with The Hallé
A trio of Nordic greats including Grieg’s thrilling Piano Concerto in A
Part of the Sheffield International Concert Season 2019/20
Add to my Calendar 09-11-2019 19:00 09-11-2019 21:00 36 Nordic Celebrations with The Hallé Rising Norwegian star, Tabita Berglund, conducts the music of two Nordic greats. The first half is devoted to her compatriot Grieg, whose music was once memorably likened by Debussy to “bonbons wrapped in snow”! Grieg’s Lyric Suite is a fine example of his musical nationalism and genius as a melodist. The same applies to his beloved Piano Concerto, tonight performed with the Hallé by Andrew Tyson, an artist described by BBC Radio 3 as “a real poet of the piano”.Finnish composer Sibelius’s First Symphony owes much to the influence of Tchaikovsky, yet it remains an intensely personal statement. In turn haunting, stormy and passionate, it ends in one of the most stirring ‘big tune’ finales of them all.Pre-concert talk with BBC Broadcaster Trisha Cooper starts at 6pm. Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Sheffield City Hall
Barker's Pool
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 2JA
England
Programme
Edvard Grieg – Lyric Suite, Op.54
Edvard Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
~ Interval ~
Jean Sibelius – Symphony no.1 in E minor, Op.39
Performers
Tabita Berglund – Conductor
Andrew Tyson – piano
The Hallé
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Programme Note
Rising Norwegian star, Tabita Berglund, conducts the music of two Nordic greats. The first half is devoted to her compatriot Grieg, whose music was once memorably likened by Debussy to “bonbons wrapped in snow”! Grieg’s Lyric Suite is a fine example of his musical nationalism and genius as a melodist. The same applies to his beloved Piano Concerto, tonight performed with the Hallé by Andrew Tyson, an artist described by BBC Radio 3 as “a real poet of the piano”.
Finnish composer Sibelius’s First Symphony owes much to the influence of Tchaikovsky, yet it remains an intensely personal statement. In turn haunting, stormy and passionate, it ends in one of the most stirring ‘big tune’ finales of them all.
Pre-concert talk with BBC Broadcaster Trisha Cooper starts at 6pm.
