A Pastoral Symphony

Tue 12 May 2009 7:30pm at Symphony Hall

Like so many city dwellers then and now, Beethoven took great pleasure in escaping to the countryside, and captured these feelings in his Pastoral Symphony, premiered 200 years ago in the same concert as his fiery Fifth. Acclaimed Scottish conductor Douglas Boyd also takes us to the French countryside for a selection of Canteloube’s glorious French folk-songs, including the haunting Baïlèro, sung by one of our greatest sopranos. The imposing northern forests of Sibelius’ Tapiola offer a darker view of the natural world.

£9.50, £13.50, £17, £20.50, £23.50, £28, £32, £37, £39.50

Douglas Boyd – conductor
Joan Rodgers – soprano

Sibelius: Tapiola 20’
Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne 25’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) 42’

Booking opens on Monday 9 June

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