Lahti Symphony Orchestra: Life and Death

Tickets on sale Wednesday 3rd of May at 10 am.

RODERICK COX, conductor
ALBAN GERHARDT, cello

Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Samuel Barber: Symphony in One Movement
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung

The symphony by the American Samuel Barber was a musical milestone of 1936, and its vibrancy has not faded with time. The young Richard Strauss’s early poem Tod und Verklärung marked an explosive statement in the composer’s struggle to overcome illness, a struggle between the fear of death and a thirst for life that grew to symphonic proportions. Roderick Cox, who made his debut at the Sibelius Hall in February 2022, makes his much-anticipated return to Lahti.

Duration: approx. 2 hours, includes intermission.

Produced by Lahti Symphony Orchestra.