Simon Rattle is coming home for his 60th birthday, in 2015. And he's bringing his German orchestra with him (a little band called the Berlin Philharmonic, you might have heard of them). Together, they will celebrate the milestone in a week-long joint London residency involving both the Barbican Centre and the Southbank Centre.
The Rattle events will center around the music of Sibelius. Which continues something of a British tradition: Brit conductors, from Thomas Beecham to Colin Davis, having long been naturally fascinated with Sibelius' music--arguably being responsible for first bringing it to prominence and consolidating its popularity. In addition to a complete Sibelius symphony cycle and the Violin Concerto played by Leonidas Kavakos, there will also be music by Helmut Lachenmann and Mahler's Second Symphony.
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