Thomas Adès conducts Sibelius
Tanglewood
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Gabriella SMITH Tumblebird Contrails
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
This afternoon's concert is generously supported by Drs. Anna L. and Peter B. Davol.
This concert has been funded in part by the American Scandinavian Foundation and also the Finlandia Foundation National.
Regrettably, guest conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen has had to withdraw from this performance for personal reasons. We are grateful that our longtime artistic partner Thomas Adès is able to conduct on short notice. The repertoire will remain unchanged.
Performance Details
Jul 13, 2025, 2:30pm EDT
Program Notes & Works
Tumblebird Contrails
Energetic, intricate, colorful, grooving and chaotic, Gabriella Smith's Tumblebird Contrails evokes the ecstasy of our place in the natural world.
Sibelius - Violin Concerto
In no violin concerto is the soloist’s first note—delicately dissonant and off the beat—so beautiful.
Symphony No. 5
Sibelius led the premiere of his protean, triumphant Symphony No. 5 in 1915 and, despite public success, twice withdrew and revised it before premiering the final version in 1919.
