Jan Lisiecki plays Prokofiev

Repertoire

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 (31’) Listen
Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (44’) Listen

Performers

• Tarmo Peltokoski conductor
• Jan Lisiecki piano

There are few experiences in classical music more invigorating, or more stirring than Sibelius’s Second Symphony.

Imagine a swelling river of sound; a musical voyage that begins amid the tranquillity of nature and ends in a surge of triumph. That’s Sibelius’s Second Symphony, and there are few experiences in classical music more invigorating, or more stirring. For the young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, Sibelius is a national hero: by contrast, Prokofiev’s daredevil Second Piano Concerto might come as a bit of a jolt. But there’s another tale about memory to be told here, and no-one better-equipped to tell it than the Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki.