Lahti Symphony Orchestra – Sinfonia Lahti welcomes students to attend the symphony concert free of charge on Thursday 9 October, at 18.30 at the Sibelius Hall.

The free student tickets will be available at the Forest Hall (near the box office) on the day of the concert at 17.30. Pre-registration is not required.

Thu 9.10.2025 at 18.30 Sibelius Hall
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM

JOHN STORGÅRDS, conductor and violin

Keith Jarrett: Elegy for violin and string orchestra
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 52 in C minor
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

The conductor and violinist John Storgårds again plays a double role; he also performs the wistful violin solos in Keith Jarrett’s Elegy, written in memory of his grandmother.

Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress), which triggered the Romantic outbursts of the 18th century, was a short-lived but far-reaching artistic movement. Its style, which emphasised the pain of creation and the anguish of existence, fascinated authors in particular, but composers also harnessed its power to convey emotion. The most famous of them was Joseph Haydn, whose Symphony No. 52 in C minor is both poignant and agitated.

Dmitri Shostakovich’s irreverent attitude towards the powers that be only became fully apparent after his death. This symphony, written in 1953, was supposed to be a tribute to the memory of the recently deceased dictator, but it is the ghost of a tyrant who speaks.

Concert duration 2h, inc. 20 min intermission.

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