Sibelius’s incidental music to Maeterlinck’s Pelléas et Mélisande (Op. 46, 1905) has always drawn audiences with its sharp characterization, rich melodies, elegant orchestral writing and exquisite proportions. In the closing months of 2015, the music is being performed worldwide, for example at the following locations:

New York (USA)

16th October 2015 at 8 pm
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
3 W 65th St, New York, NY 10023    Tickets: click here

Still: Troubled Island Suite (world première of Suite)
Coleridge-Taylor: Romance for Violin and Orchestra *
Coleridge-Taylor: Keep Me From Sinking Down * (East Coast première)
Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande

* John McLaughlin Williams, violin
Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Cunningham, artistic director

Pardubice (Czech Republic)

9th / 10th / 11th November 2015 at 7.30 pm
Sukova síň Domu hudby v Pardubicích

Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 1, K 412
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11

Tunca Dogu, horn
Komorní filharmonie Pardubice (Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice)
Michael Roháč, conductor

Southampton (UK)

29th November 2015 at 3 pm
Turner Sims, Southampton   Tickets: click here

Sibelius: Impromptu for strings (including original piano version)
Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46
Andante festivo, JS 34b

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Robin Browning, conductor
David Owen Norris, presenter / piano

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