Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

The idea of the north and the great symphony? Jesper Nordin adds his ongoing interest in the interaction between musical gesture and electronics to this cultural reality. At the premiere of Emerging from Currents and Waves, the conductor Esa Pekka Salonen faced a challenge that concerns Hannu Lintu today: to lead the musicians on stage and simultaneously an electronic orchestra, with specific gestures.

The idea of the north and solitude? The final Sibelius sinks into the bustling forest of Tapio, a wild and desolate world, the most beautiful of symphonic poems, shortly before Sibelius went into musical silence.