Southbank Series: BBC Concert Orchestra

8.00 Southbank Series: BBC Concert Orchestra

The BBC Concert Orchestra is one of Southbank Centre’s Associate Orchestras and they conclude this series at the Royal Festival Hall in London with their newly appointed Principal Guest conductor Anna-Maria Helsing who conducts her first concert in this role.

They are joined by leading Finnish soprano Anu Komsi for youthful songs by Debussy (written for his first love, Marguerite Vasnier), an evocative song by Nadia Boulanger and Sibelius’s dramatic Höstkväll (Autumn Evening). The Debussy and Sibelius have been orchestrated by conductor Sakari Oramo.

Anna-Maria Helsing conducts her first concert as Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra. Photo: Mark Allan

Programme:

POULENC: Sinfonietta;

DEBUSSY: Pantomime;

DEBUSSY: Silence inéffable;

DEBUSSY: Apparition;

N BOULANGER: Un grand sommeil noir;

FAGERLUND: Partita;

SIBELIUS: Höstkväll;

AHO: Revanche;

LÓPEZ: Fiesta

Anu Komsi (soprano), BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing

Recorded in the Royal Festival Hall, London by the BBC (EBU)