| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 1-Mar-2013 Musikverein: Großer Saal | Cornelius Meister's Sibelius at the Vienna Musikverein doesn't quite take flight |
 Jean Sibelius is purported to have written part of his Symphony no. 5 after having witnessed a large flock of swans take flight from his home in rural Finland. Whether this story is apocryphal or not, the “swan theme” has become part of the Western musical subconscious, with quotations showing up in jazz and pop music for much of the last century. In this performance, Cornelius Meister, conducting the ORF RSO, made individual moments in this work sing, without really giving a good sense of its overall shape.
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