Organization

Conductor

Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Instrumentalist

Bruce Liu

Piano

Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra

Gateshead: Santtu conducts Sibelius

Gateshead

United Kingdom

The Sage Gateshead

Sage Gateshead

Gateshead: Santtu conducts Sibelius: Helios Overture, Op. 17 Nielsen (+2 More)

Public

Private

Helios Overture, Op. 17

Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 18

Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82

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We return to the Sage Gateshead for the first time since 2011, led by our Principal Conductor.

Bruce Liu, winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition in 2021, is the soloist in Rachmaninov’s captivating Piano Concerto No. 2. Full of rich, Romantic intensity, and with a fiendish cadenza, it’s one of the most difficult – and rewarding – pieces within the piano repertoire.

Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5 starts with a whisper from horns and timpani that grows into a glorious evocation of sunrise. In the finale comes the moment Sibelius fans have been waiting for – the magnificent ‘swan’ theme, with its jubilant horn chords and sweeping strings. Sibelius wrote it after witnessing 16 swans in flight: “One of the great experiences of my life! God, how beautiful,” he wrote in his diary.

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Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble