CBSO Mozart's Clarinet Concerto

‘A mighty hero / in his veins the blood of ages / head erect and form commanding…but, alas! he had his failings.’ In all Finnish legend, there’s no-one to match the hero Lemminkäinen. Seducing the girls, battling his enemies, and cheating death itself (with a bit of help from his mum), it’s an extraordinary story, and Sibelius puts it all into even more extraordinary music.

His Lemminkäinen Suite tells the tale in unforgettable style – including the haunting Swan of Tuonela. It all adds up to the greatest symphony Sibelius never wrote, and the perfect challenge for the superb Finnish conductor John Storgårds. But first, after his breathtaking performance last season, we’re thrilled to welcome back another Finnish legend – virtuoso clarinettist Kari Kriikku, in Mozart’s chart-topping concerto.