Thames Philharmonia are coming back to the Landmark Arts Centre to perform :

 Jean Sibelius      Finlandia

Sibelius completed Finlandia in 1900. Official Russian censors forced Sibelius to rename and secretly publish the work under titles like 'Happy Feelings at the Awakening of Finnish Spring' masking its nationalistic message. Despite this, audiences immediately recognized its emotional power and it spread rapidly across Europe.

 Jean Sibelius     Symphony No. 4

Completed in 1911, according to Sibelius' biographer, the symphony reflects the psychoanalytical and introspective era when Sigmund Freud stressed the meaning of the unconscious. Freud called the Fourth Symphony "one of the most remarkable documents of the psychoanalytical era".  Even Sibelius himself called his composition "a psychological symphony".

 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov   Symphony No. 2 in B-flat minor ('Antar')

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was renowned for his vivid orchestration and nationalist spirit. He composed his Symphony No. 2 in 1868, drawing on an Arabian legend then extensively revised it in 1875 and again in 1891, ultimately retitling it the symphonic suite 'Antar'.

 Tickets: General admission £17.50 in advance. Concession and under 18 available. See website for further details.

Online booking: https://www.landmarkartscentre.org/shows/thames-philharmonia-performs-sibelius-and-rimsky-korsakov/