“Coming to Helsinki Festival after their triumphant first appearance at the BBC Proms, the joint orchestral forces of the Royal College of Music and the Sibelius Academy, teaming up with conductor Sakari Oramo and soprano Anu Komsi, sounded out a musical programme of special magnificence on Sunday afternoon, highlighting with the Finnish premiere of Lara Poe’s Laulut maaseudulta (Songs from the Countryside, 2023-24) for soprano and orchestra.”

Jari Kallio