Nicholas Collon & Alice Coote & Brenden Gunnell
George Walker was the first West Indian-American to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music – and that was back in 1996. Lyric for strings is one of the most evergreen works by this highly-acclaimed composer. The powerful words are a cogent feature of both the orchestral suite originally of stage music by Sibelius and of Mahler’s Song of the Earth. Settings of classical Chinese poems, the latter addresses life and its transient nature.
Nicholas Collon & Alice Coote & Brenden Gunnell
Wednesday 6.10.2021 klo 19.00
Watch and listen LIVE at Yle Areena
The Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall
Nicholas Collon, conductor
Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano
Brenden Gunnell, tenor
George Walker: Lyric for strings
Jean Sibelius: Pelléas and Mélisande Op. 46
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Tickets: 9-37 €
Interval at about 19:50. The concert will end at about 21:20.
