Noon concert
Klaus Mäkelä
Janine Jansen
Jean Sibelius

Noon concert with Klaus Mäkelä and Janine Jansen

Concert has been played

Conductor Klaus Mäkelä and soloist Janine Jansen.

Photo Kaupo Kikkas

Noon concert with Klaus Mäkelä and Janine Jansen

Janine Jansen is the soloist in Sibelius' Violin Concerto, and Klaus Mäkleä conducts Sibelius' Symphony No. 5.

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) started violin lessons when he was 14 years old and was soon completely absorbed by the instrument. In the next decade, he dreamed of becoming a concert violinist, but eventually, he gave up and focused instead on composition. Sibelius' Violin Concerto became his unhappy declaration of love for the violin, and the first version was so technically difficult that the soloists did not master the challenges.

In 1904, the same year as he wrote the violin concerto, Jean Sibelius and his family moved to his new home in the city of Järvenpää, a few miles north of Helsinki. In the spring of 1915, he had one of his most substantial natural experiences when he saw 16 swans taking off in a flock on one of his walks. The incident directly inspired the "swan theme" in his fifth symphony, which premiered in Helsinki on the composer's 50th birthday in December of the same year.

What is played

  • Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto
  • Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5

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Adult 200 - 640 NOK
Senior 200 - 510 NOK
Student 200 - 320 NOK
Child 150 NOK

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Noon concert
Klaus Mäkelä
Janine Jansen
Jean Sibelius

Concert has been played