Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Saint-Saëns
Edvard Grieg Incidental Music from Peer Gynt
Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 3
Dinis Sousa conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Saint-Saëns packs energy, exhilaration, charm and passion into his Cello Concerto, no airs and graces, just straight into it. Sibelius’s icy Symphony No. 3 is like the musical equivalent of contemporary Scandinavian design – economical with its means but all the better for that simplicity. Grieg’s Peer Gynt is beloved for good reason. Bright, light, timeless.