Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s Tenth and The Lark Ascending 

Jan 24, 2025

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season 

Oramo conducts Mahler’s Tenth and The Lark Ascending 

19:30 Fri 24 Jan 2025 Barbican, London

This concert at the Barbican includes the last composition by Kaija Saariaho amongst other interesting pieces.

“ Hush…when the great Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho died in 2023, she left behind her a trumpet concerto unlike any other, crafted to showcase the remarkable, genre-crossing artistry of trumpeter Verneri Pohjola. He gives its UK premiere tonight. a final, profoundly moving testament from one of our century’s greatest creative spirits, as she took her own ‘journey to silence’.

A jewel as rare as this demands a very special setting, and Sakari Oramo – a lifelong admirer of Saariaho’s music – has placed Hush at the centre of a concert that begins with Gustav Mahler gazing into the abyss, and ends with Vaughan Williams’s vision of beauty soaring clear and free. BBC SO leader Igor Yuzefovich plays The Lark Ascending, and the BBC Symphony Chorus sings Towards the Unknown Region: another timeless meditation on an eternal question. “

See also and for tickets: BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season Oramo conducts Mahler’s Tenth and The Lark Ascending – BBC Symphony Orchestra – BBC

The Finnish Art Group Exhibition – “Where is Home?”

Jan 22 - Jan 25, 2025

Where is Home?

We’d love for you to join us at our annual exhibition, exploring themes of identity and belonging through the work of talented Finnish artists. This collection of diverse pieces across various media invites you to reflect on the true meaning of “home.”

Dates: Wed 22nd – Sat 25th Jan 2025
Location: 54 The Gallery, 54 Shepherd Market, London W1J 7QX

The Anglo-Finnish Society is delighted that some of our members will be exhibiting and that the Society has provided modest sponsorship to this event.