BBC Proms: Sibelius Academy & Royal College of Music

There will be a massive burst of energy from young musicians, when Sakari Oramo, professor of conducting at the Sibelius Academy of the Uniarts Helsinki, brings together the symphony orchestras of two of the world’s top music schools, the Royal College of Music in London and the Sibelius Academy. The orchestra will perform at the world’s largest classical music festival, the BBC Proms, on August 25, 2024, and a week later at the final concert of the Helsinki festival on September 1, 2024, at the Helsinki Music Centre.

The programme includes Jean Sibelius’ The Wood Nymph Op. 15, Gustav Holst’s Planets and Lara Poe’s Songs from the Countryside, with soprano Anu Komsi as the soloist. The fresh song series by Poe, a Finnish-American and studying in London, reflects on our relationship with animals. The work was written for Anu Komsi. The new work is framed by the legends of Finnish and British music, Sibelius and Holst.

Performers

• Royal College of Music symphony orchestra (London)
• Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra
• Helsinki chamber choir
• Sakari Oramo, conductor
• Anu Komsi, soprano

Programme

• Sibelius: The Wood Nymph Op. 15
• Poe: Songs from the Countryside
• Holst: Planets

The concert is being broadcasted live on BBC Radio 3 at 21.30 BBC Radio 3 via BBC Sounds. Here are the details of accessing BBC Sounds abroad.

The concert is supported by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.

Further information: Nina Lackman, nina.lackman@uniarts.fi