Ideas of North Festival
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/15895
The Symphony that Inspired a Nation As the Russian Empire tightened its colonial grip on Finland, Jean Sibelius wrote the music that expressed his people's desire for freedom. Touring Europe to rave reviews in 1900, Sibelius’s First Symphony brought worldwide attention to the composer, and to the cause of Finnish independence. Hear the symphony that inspired a nation in the opening concert of our Ideas of North festival. *Sesquicentennial co-commission for the Toronto Symphony...
Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
- Bilingual
The Symphony that Inspired a Nation
As the Russian Empire tightened its colonial grip on Finland, Jean Sibelius wrote the music that expressed his people's desire for freedom. Touring Europe to rave reviews in 1900, Sibelius’s First Symphony brought worldwide attention to the composer, and to the cause of Finnish independence. Hear the symphony that inspired a nation in the opening concert of our Ideas of North festival.
*Sesquicentennial co-commission for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, NAC Orchestra, and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
- Conductor Alexander Shelley
- Violin Jonathan Crow
- Violin Yosuke Kawasaki
- Violin Andrew Wan
- Featuring NAC Orchestra
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