City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & London Voices, Susanna Mälkki conductor
Dawn Upshaw soprano   •   Michael Schumacher dancer

Kaija Saariaho: La Passion de Simone

Performed in French with English supertitles

Osmo Vänskä conductor   •   Kari Kriikku clarinet

Sibelius: Pelléas och Mélisande, Op. 46
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Anssi Karttunen, cello   •   Tuija Hakkila, piano   •   David Cossin, percussion

A Little Night Music: Debussy and Saariaho

Works by Saariaho: br /> Sept Papillons (for cello)
Prelude (for piano)
Ballade (for piano)
Serenatas, for percussion, cello, and piano (New York Premiere)

Works by Debussy: br /> Cello Sonata
“Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l;air du soir”, from Préludes, Book 1
Romance and Les Cloches, arranged for cello and piano