‘What beauty!’ declared Sibelius when he saw a flight of wild swans, and the melody they suggested to him is the kind of tune that comes once in a lifetime. But that’s just the climax of his epic Fifth Symphony – part of a concert filled with the energy and promise of spring. LPO Fellow Conductor Enyi Okpara – a true rising star – begins with the open spaces and big, fresh tunes of Copland’s great American ballet, before summoning shimmering magic from Liadov’s Enchanted Lake. And cellist Laura van der Heijden plays a rapturous new classic by the Master of the King’s Music, Errollyn Wallen.

Copland - Appalachian Spring
Errollyn Wallen - Cello Concerto

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Liadov - The Enchanted Lake
Sibelius - Symphony No.5 in E-flat Major

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Laura van der Heijden, Cello
Enyi Okpara, Conductor