A Walk to Sibelius – Britta Byström at 50

Dinis Sousa leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Britten’s Sinfonia da requiem, an intense three-part portrait of grief, anger and calm. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard then brings Béla Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto to a close with his blend of incisiveness and lyricism, where the quiet adagio becomes a breathing space amid the intense rhythm. Grammy Award-winning Britta Byström celebrates her 50th birthday with the world premiere of the orchestra’s commissioned work A Walk to Sibelius – a musical walk that moves forward while looking back. The finale is Jean Sibelius’s Third Symphony: taut, vital and luminous, with a momentum that carries all the way to the final bar.