Karina Canellakis conducts Sibelius | London Philharmonic Orchestra

When Jean Sibelius saw a flight of swans in the sunset, he knew that he had the ending of his Fifth Symphony: ‘I’ve never seen such beauty!’. Today, with the LPO’s new Principal Guest Conductor Karina Canellakis, it’s the climax of a concert that spans continents and crosses decades. John Adams’s vibrant 80s rhythms bounce off the Jazz-Age melodies of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto – played today by the ‘exhilarating’ (Gramophone) Inon Barnatan. And then Canellakis sets sail on Sibelius’s radiant panorama of a sun-kissed ocean, en route for beauty, grandeur and possibly the greatest (but simplest) tune you’ve ever heard. Join us, and let your imagination soar.