Ideas of North Festival

2017-10-11 20:00 2017-10-11 23:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Finnish Legends

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/15752

Songs of Goddesses and Heroes Lose yourself in a world of legends with the incantatory music of Jean Sibelius. Swirling with primal energy, this series of symphonic poems evokes the Finnish creation-goddess Luonnotar, the celestial Maiden of Pohjola who spins golden threads in the sky, and the hero Lemminkainen, who meets death and resurrection in the netherworld of Tuonela. Resonant of ancient Scandinavian ballads, these works express Sibelius’s belief that “music begins where the...

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
Wed, October 11, 2017
Wed, October 11, 2017
8 PM EDT
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Music Classical music Masterworks Vocal
  • Bilingual

Songs of Goddesses and Heroes

Lose yourself in a world of legends with the incantatory music of Jean Sibelius. Swirling with primal energy, this series of symphonic poems evokes the Finnish creation-goddess Luonnotar, the celestial Maiden of Pohjola who spins golden threads in the sky, and the hero Lemminkainen, who meets death and resurrection in the netherworld of Tuonela. Resonant of ancient Scandinavian ballads, these works express Sibelius’s belief that “music begins where the possibilities of language end.”

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