About this event

Jean Sibelius Finlandia (8 mins)
Felix Mendelssohn Violin concerto in D minor (22 mins)
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (44 mins)

Thomas Zehetmair conductor
Royal Northern Sinfonia

Sibelius’s Second Symphony feels like good company from the start – music that’s amiable and warm spirited. Later on there are gorgeous, expansive musical vistas to be had and Sibelius ratchets up the drama as the piece goes on, ending in blaze of glory and triumph. Mendelssohn’s ‘other’ violin concerto, composed when he was just 13, is a lively delight.

Concert lasts around 2 hours including a 20 minute interval

FREE pre-concert talk about today’s concert at 2.00pm in the Old Fire Station

If you live in the North East and you’ve never attended a classical concert, see your first classical music concert for only £5 per person with the code FIRSTCLASSIC