JTI Friday Series

Debussy Ibéria (from Images pour orchestre)
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Sibelius Symphony No. 4

Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor
Henning Kraggerud violin


At his heights of frustration, Jean Sibelius created his most enduring and moving music. The composer’s dream of becoming a virtuoso violinist was dashed when he failed an audition for the Vienna Philharmonic, but that only added to the thrust and inspiration behind his resplendent Violin Concerto, a testament in music to the virtuoso Sibelius never was. At his deepest depths of despair, diagnosed with cancer and fighting off debts, Sibelius created his Fourth Symphony, perhaps his most stark, evocative, chilling and moving. Its sinister, craggy outcrops and shadows are separated from the sultry heat of Debussy’s Ibéria by a geographical and musical gulf.

Free pre-concert discussion | 6.00pm–6.45pm | Royal Festival Hall
Musicians from the LPO join students from London Music Masters’ innovative music education programme, the Bridge Project, for a musical celebration. See londonmusicmasters.org for more details of this partnership.

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Debussy: Images - No. 2. Iberia: a. Par les rues et par les chemins
Debussy: Images - No. 2. Iberia: b. Les parfums de la nuit
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 - I. Allegro moderato
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 - III. Allegro, ma non tanto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63 - I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63 - II. Allegro molto vivace

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