Double Concerto for One

Three timeless classics and a landmark of contemporary music – Simon Crawford-Phillips’s Oulu debut has it all. The immensely popular Hungarian Dances made Johannes Brahms an instant ruler of the light music scene, while the inventive brilliance of Robert Schumann’s Fourth Symphony was recognised only decades later.

The great unsung voice of British Romanticism, Ruth Gipps – a master of richly shaded orchestral colour – has become a familiar name in Oulu Sinfonia’s programmes. Her tone poem Song for Orchestra, brimming with quintessentially English elegance, evokes the serenity of nature with almost Sibelius-like overtones. The Double Concerto for One by Sweden’s grand old man of composition, Daniel Börtz, is a true one-off: written especially for violinist Malin Broman, it calls for the solo mastery of two instruments at once – a challenge Broman famously meets with flair.

Head start at Restaurant Preludi at 6 PM. Discussion of the forthcoming concert.

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Duration about 1 h 45 min (incl. intermission)
Tickets 32€ normal / 27 € pensioner / 19 € student, unemployed, child (3–17 yrs)
Free entry to the concert for Kaikukortti holders (limited amount, must be purchased in advance from Oulu10 service point).

Prices include service fee. Order fee 3 €/order when bought from Ticketmaster shops or 1,50 €/order when bought from Ticketmaster online shop will be added, excluding tickets purchased at Oulu Sinfonia ticket booth and Kaikukortti-tickets.

The concert will be broadcast on Wed 4.3. at 7 pm
on Yle Radio 1. After the broadcast, the concert can
be listened to on Yle Areena