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Sibelius’s Second

19:30 Tue 26 Aug 2025 Royal Albert Hall

The Leipzig Gewandhausorchester returns to the Proms under Music Director Andris Nelsons for Sibelius’s elemental Symphony No. 2. They are joined in the first half by Isabelle Faust, soloist in Dvořák’s colourful, folk-inspired Violin Concerto

Programme

- - Arvo Pärt
  - Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten(6 mins)
- - Antonín Dvořák
  - Violin Concerto in A minor(32 mins)
- - interval
- - Jean Sibelius
  - Symphony No. 2 in D major(46 mins)

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About This Event

The prestigious Leipzig Gewandhausorchester – the world’s longest-established symphony orchestra, famous for the glossy richness of its ‘Leipzig sound’ – returns to the Proms under Music Director Andris Nelsons.

Joining them is violinist Isabelle Faust, soloist in Dvořák’s colourful, folk-inspired Violin Concerto.

The elemental power of Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2, with its heroic final movement, has become indelibly associated with Finland’s fight for freedom, no less personal a statement than the fragile, hypnotic beauty of Arvo Pärt’s tribute to Benjamin Britten.

NB: Hilary Hahn has had to withdraw from this Prom due to an ongoing injury.