Sakari Oramo conductor
Anu Komsi soprano
RCM Symphony Orchestra
Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra
RCMJD Chamber Choir
Lara Poe Laulut maaseudulta 'Songs from the Countryside' (BBC commission: world premiere)
Sibelius The Wood Nymph op 15
Holst The Planets op 32
Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite for a Prom all about music's conjuring power.
Some phenomena only music can depict. From an age before space travel, Gustav Holst's orchestral suite evoking the astrological associations of the planets represents one of classical music's most extraordinary acts of imagination.
Before heading into space, we are lured into the wilderness courtesy of music from conductor Sakari Oramo's home country of Finland. The looping repetitions of Sibelius's The Wood Nymph lead us shaman-like into a seductive woodland, while Lara Poe's brand-new work for soprano and orchestra channels haunting Nordic cow-calling traditions.
Broadcast on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer.
