London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sibelius’s Fifth
- When
- Sun 24 Jan · 15:00
- Where
- Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
The programme
Copland
Appalachian Spring: Suite (23’)
Errollyn Wallen
Cello Concerto (15)
Liadov
The Enchanted Lake (6’)
Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 (30’)
The evening
A concert filled with the energy and promise of spring.
‘What beauty!’ declared Sibelius when he saw a flight of wild swans, and the melody they suggested to him is the kind of tune that comes once in a lifetime. But that’s just the climax of his epic Fifth Symphony – part of a concert filled with the energy and promise of spring. LPO Fellow Conductor Enyi Okpara – a true rising star – begins with the open spaces and big, fresh tunes of Copland’s great American ballet, before summoning shimmering magic from Liadov’s Enchanted Lake. And cellist Laura van der Heijden plays a rapturous new classic by the Master of the King’s Music, Errollyn Wallen.
*LPO Fellow Conductor 2026/27.
On stage
Enyi Okpara*
Conductor
Laura van der Heijden
Cello