[BBC Proms] Prom 47: Sibelius, Jón Leifs, Anders Hillborg & Beethoven

• Last prom this season with my wife, parents in law, nephew... Was a little gamble to take 6 year old kid to the two-hour plus classic music concert hall, but we finally made it. Sibelius was not easy - very dark, heavy. The next part - organ music got even worse, making me feel I am in a vampire's castle. Worst - for me it is still bit hard to follow modern orchestra music - no friendly melody or rhythm at all. However, I quite loved the Beethoven's symphony no.7. Sakari Oramo seemed seemed too rigid, but finally exploded energy with the cheerful and bright Beethoven's another masterpiece. 
• About Beethoven's symphony no.7 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._7_(Beethoven) 
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• Source: http://bbc.in/1JkYMc6
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• There’s no denying the potent rhythmic urgency of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Its giddying, propulsive movement finds contrast in the mysterious stillness of Sibelius’s Tapiola, inspired by the spirit of Finland’s dusky forests, its wood-sprites and magic secrets. Jón Leifs’s Organ Concerto harnesses the full power and scope of the Royal Albert Hall’s organ in its massive musical gestures, while Anders Hillborg’sBeast Sampler promises to strip away all we know of the symphony orchestra, transforming it into a ‘sound animal’.
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• Jean Sibelius 1865–1957
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  Tapiola, Op 112 (18 mins)

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sakari Oramo conductor
• Jón Leifs 1899–1968
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  Organ Concerto (20 mins)

  • Stephen Farr organ
  • Sakari Oramo conductor
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Hafliði Hallgrímsson b.1941
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  ‘Oh night how sweet your darkest moment’ (arr. S. Farr)

  Encore

  • Stephen Farr organ
• INTERVAL
• Anders Hillborg
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  Beast Sampler

  UK premiere (11 mins)

  • Sakari Oramo conductor
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827
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  Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op 92 (36 mins)

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sakari Oramo conductor