Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen / Kristiina Poska

Alina Pogostkina and Sibelius’ Violin Concerto is an alliance that will always be fresh. In 2005 the violinist won the prestigious international Sibelius competition with it, and since then the intensity of the work seems to increase with every performance. Crystal clear, delicate and immersive. 

Conductor Kristiina Poska follows the trail of the bewitching Northern Lights from Finland to Denmark. Carl Nielsen wrote his Symphony No. 4 during the First World War. But there is no sadness to be heard with Nielsen. ‘Music is life,’ Nielsen said. Even if everything were to be destroyed, he believes that music would still resonate with the universal will to live. His

Symphony No. 4 is brimming with energy, culminating in a wild acceleration of timpani beats. The concert opens with work by the Flemish composer Frank Nuyts. In Different rom Habit he sought out the boundaries of his ingrained habits. An exhilarating confrontation.