Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1: Helsinki Phil. Concert – Part 1
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2: Helsinki Phil. Concert – Part 2
Over to Finland this week for a concert by The Helsinki Philharmonic, conducted by Olari Elts and featuring Latvian String-sation Baiba Skride in music of Szymanowski and Rachmaninoff.
The concert is on two players and the top player has the Szymanowki and the bottom player has the Rachmaninoff.
Here’s what’s in store for you:
Helsinki Philharmonic
Olari Elts, Conductor
Baiba Skride, Violin
Recorded: January 24, 2013
1. Szymanowski – Concert Overture
Violin Concerto Nr. 1 (w/Skride)
2. Rachmaninoff: Symphony Nr. 2
The concert was recorded and broadcast live by YLE-Radio 1 in Helsinki. The announcements are in Finnish, but there’s aren’t enough to have you run to the Finnish-English dictionary.
Good concert – Nice Wednesday Anti-Road Rage stuff.
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