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Sibelius' Fifth Symphony from Glasgow

The 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra are joined by Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and horn player Stefan Dohr for music by Beethoven, Sibelius and Hans Abrahamsen.

鈥淕od, what beauty!鈥. Once upon a time in Finland, Sibelius saw a flight of swans and felt his imagination take wing. That鈥檚 the story behind the unforgettable horn theme that crowns his Fifth Symphony: music as astonishing, and as inevitable, as nature itself. Those vaulting horns are a spine-tingling way to end the 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra's 2025/26 concert season. So what could be more natural than Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth inviting Stefan Dohr, a legend among living horn players, to perform another Scandinavian masterpiece: the playful, utterly original concerto that the SSO's Composer in Association (and master-storyteller) Hans Abrahamsen wrote especially for him. Beethoven ties it all together, with wit, splendour and irrepressible life-force.

Broadcast live from City Halls, Glasgow with Kate Molleson presenting.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major
Hans Abrahamsen: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
interval
Beethoven: Overture 'Namensfeier', Op 115
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major

Stefan Dohr, horn
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Thu 22 May 2025 19:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 1 In C Major Op.21

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
  • Hans Abrahamsen

    Concerto

    Performer: Stefan Dohr. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
  • Hans Abrahamsen

    Quartet No. 4

    Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.
  • Hans Abrahamsen

    Let me tell you

    Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
  • Jean Sibelius

    5 Pieces Op.75 ; No.4; The Birch

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture In C Major Op.115 (Zur Namensfeier)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 5 In E Flat Major Op.82

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Trio in E Minor

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    La chanson d'Eve, Op. 95: No. 1, Paradis

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly.
    • The Complete Songs of Faure, Vol. 2.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1901.

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 May 2025 19:30