Thursday, August 4, 2022 | 19:30

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BBC Proms

BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds, conductor
Carolina Eyck, theremin

Programme:
Kalevi Aho – Eight Seasons (Concerto for Theremin and Chamber Orchestra)
Kaija Saariaho – Vista
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major

Kalevi Aho about his Theremin Concerto "Eight Seasons“:
"I composed the concerto in the autumn of 2011. The work is dedicated to Carolina Eyck and bears the title Eight Seasons - and its eight movements, played without a break, are just like a musical year; since ancient times the Sami people (the original inhabitants of Lapland) have divided the course of the year into eight sections. My choice to use an electronic instrument to depict the course of the year in the far North reflects the shamanistic aspect of the instrument. To hear the theremin as a solo instrument can be a magical experience for the listener. The soloist is like a magician, a weaver of spells. producing music just by moving his hands without touching the instrument at all."