A Swire New Generation Concert Sounds of Nature

Osmo Vänskä made his considerable reputation with an acclaimed series of Sibelius recordings on the BIS label. A champion of Finnish music, he introduces Hong Kong to the world of Rautavaara -the modern day inheritor of Sibelius's mantle. Cantus arcticus is an atmospheric evocation of a bleak Northern landscape. Beethoven's countryside is far more lush and idyllic, interrupted only briefly by a fierce summer storm. Elgar's plaintive Cello Concerto sounds the end of an era and of an empire. Young Hong Kong cellist Trey Lee takes the spotlight in this most passionate of concertos.