If full-blown emotion’s your thing, then look no further. Sibelius’s First is unquestionably the composer’s most Romantic symphony and often recalls Tchaikovsky at full tilt. And the concert opens with an outpouring of warmth, melody and passion in the Overture from Wagner’s opera, 'The Mastersingers of Nuremberg'. At the eye of the storm, however, all is calm. A lark, free from human angst, sings and soars above a pastoral landscape and time stands still. Every performance of Vaughan Williams’s most popular work is a special occasion and here the sensational Rosanne Philippens gives voice to the bird.
Please note that there has been a change to the originally advertised programme.
