Dalene plays Adès

Here the music rises up to us from the depths, as two enchanting compositions by Jean Sibelius frame the concert. At the beginning, the Oceanides rise from the sea in the Finnish composer's tone poem of the same name. Sibelius paints an artful picture of the goddesses’ play and the sea, this great force that one moment seems innocent but the next swells up with menacing force. Towards the end of the concert, the composer's magnificent Symphony No. 7 is played, which, like the tone poem, is only in one movement. The symphony is considered a beautiful testament to the composer's originality and is considered by many to be one of Sibelius' greatest works. The young Swedish star, Johan Dalene, performs a moving violin concerto by Thomas Adès. His star has risen rapidly since he last played with the orchestra. The concerto by Adès, one of the most renowned composers of our time, is at once complex and precise, poetic and emotional. A work from another British composer, Benjamin Britten will also be performed; an interlude from the opera Peter Grimes in which the sea shapes the characters' lives, just as it does here on the island in the north.

Conductor
Daníel Bjarnason

Violin
Johan Dalene

Program
Jean Sibelius The Oceanides
Thomas Adès Concentric Paths, Violin Concerto
Benjamin Britten Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 7

Promoter

Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands