Vänskä conducts Sibelius

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Last Modified: May 14, 2012

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Artists

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Martin Fröst, clarinet (except Friday)

Program

Listen Program Notes

Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite Program Notes

Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 Program Notes

Aho: Clarinet Concerto Program Notes * Except Friday

About This Performance

Sibelius’ Sixth is known for its pure beauty, more contemplative and pastoral than dramatic and heroic. It displays the composer’s determination to follow his own path, pursuing a style that would distill the spirit of Finland and his own inner voice. Looking back in 1943, Sibelius wrote: “The sixth symphony always makes me remember the scent of the first snow.”

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Friday, March 23, 2012 - 7:00pm

Christopher Russell

Christopher Russell, Director of Orchestral Studies at Azusa Pacific University and Coordinator of the Orchestra Program at Orange County High School of the Arts, in conversation with Martin Fröst

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