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Classical Tahoe: Sibelius, Séjourné, & Rachmaninoff
July 30, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
- Sibelius’s Finlandia had its origins in political protest. It was written for the Finnish Press Pension Celebration of 1899, a thinly veiled rally in support of freedom of the Finnish press, then largely controlled by tsarist Russia. Sibelius later reworked parts of the music into a Finlandia Hymn which is today regarded as Finland’s unofficial national anthem.
- It’s not often that a percussion instrument like the marimba is a featured soloist with an orchestra. Praised by the New York Times for his “understated but unmistakable virtuosity”, Svet Stoyanov will play Séjourné’s Concerto for Marimba which combines the romantic and jazzy sounds of the instrument.
- Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 is a favorite of many because of its continuous lush, sweeping, romantic melodies that will be sure to touch your soul.