The final symphony by Jean Sibelius unfolds over twenty-one minutes, evolving from a quiet opening to a warm, life-affirming ending—it's one unbroken weightless stream. Join us at a concert in Zurich for the Symphony No. 7 by Jean Sibelius.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: Mvt. 2
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Album: Bach: Sei Solo
Sony 19439903132
Bedrich Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau)
Texas Festival Orchestra | Michelle Merrill, conductor
Round Top Music Festival, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Jacob ter Veldhuis: Serendipity2 for alto flute, string quartet and tabla
Laura Lentz, flute | Beo String Quartet;Tom Nanni, tabla
Payton Violins, Rochester, NY
Franz Schubert: Sonata in D Major, Op. 137, No. 1, D.384
Joshua Bell, violin | Peter Dugan, Piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Hour 2
Valerie Coleman: Afro-Cuban Concerto: Mvt. 1 Afro
Imani Winds
Album: The Classical Underground
Koch 7599
Jason Moran: Cane
Imani Winds
Chamber Music Northwest, Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, OR
Dietrich Buxtehude: Trio Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 4, BuxWV 255
James Thompson, violin | Dmitri Atapine, cello | Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord
Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute, Spieker Center for the Arts, Menlo Park, CA
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra | Eva Ollikainen, conductor
EBU, Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
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