London Philharmonic Orchestra: Susanna Mälkki conducts Liadov, Prokofiev and Sibelius

Liadov From the Apocalypse
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius Symphony No. 1

Susanna Mälkki conductor
Beatrice Rana piano*
London Philharmonic Orchestra

*BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist


Susanna Mälkki makes her debut conducting the Orchestra in a concert culminating in the work that established one of the most significant symphonic composing careers in history: the gripping, insistent and ultimately uplifting First Symphony by the man who would discover a whole new world of symphonic expression, Jean Sibelius. Before that, silver medallist at the 2013 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, Beatrice Rana, plays Prokofiev’s sardonic and virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2. Mälkki opens the concert with an imposing tone poem from a composer who suffered more than most: the terrifying From the Apocalypse by the near-forgotten Russian Romantic Anatol Liadov.