Ward De Jonghe °1990
SOV Composers’ Academy - Creation
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893
Pianoconcerto no. 1, op. 23
Jean Sibelius 1865–1957
Symphony no. 5, Hob. op. 82
duration concert → 1h 40min
including 20min intermission
Who is not familiar with the arpeggios with which Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto thunders its way to our ears? The French pianist Lucas Debargue delights in bending them to his hands. Just like Tchaikovsky gave ‘his Russia’ a voice, Sibelius was inspired by the landscape of ‘his Finland’. His Fifth Symphony is a sparkling ode to the energy of life.
