RO NOW brings even more life to your classical music evening. Before the concert, our host, together with the orchestra, will share a few brief, insightful examples to prepare your ears for what’s to come: an always surprising program guaranteed to add a touch of brilliance to your weekend. Feel free to stick around after the show: the music continues in the lobby, the drinks are chilled, and the first round is on us.

Sibelius’s The Swan of Tuonela opens with a world that barely moves: a soft, dark stream of sound over which the cor anglais sings cor anglais lonely, almost timeless melody. It is music that lives rather than tells a story. Mythical, tranquil, and yet charged with tension. Then the light bursts forth in Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto: the famous brass opening, the fanning-out chords, the lyrical line that winds through the orchestra like a river. Everything here is grand, warm, and romantic, with a soloist who unites freedom, power, and finesse into a single gesture. A short program that feels like a complete journey.