On 30 and 31 August at the Berwaldhallen Valery Gergiev will be conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The programme includes works by Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitry Shostakovich.
The Mariinsky Orchestra will perform works by Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2 (soloist – Daniel Lozakovitj) and Symphony No 3 (30 August at 22:00), as well as the symphonic tale for children Peter and the Wolf, featuring Swedish theatre and film actor Leif Andrée as the Narrator (31 August at 17:00).
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No 4 and Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist – Alexander Romanovsky, 31 August at 19:00).
Established by Valery Gergiev, Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and former director of the Berwaldhallen concert hall Michael Tyden with the aim of collaboration in solving problems of the ecology in the Baltic Sea region, this annual Swedish festival has run since 2003. In line with tradition, the days that the festival runs are filled with seminars, symposiums and exhibitions focussing on the region's ecology.
Valery Gergiev is "convinced that for future generations the fate of the Baltic Sea is of vital importance" and that "the theme of ecology has the most fundamental significance." This year the Baltic Sea Festival runs from 28 August to 4 September. For details please go to: www.sverigesradio.se
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