Alpha begins a complete cycle of the
symphonies by Sibelius alongside some of his symphonic poems with
Gothenburg Symphony and its new chief conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
In the great tradition of Finnish
conductors, Santtu-Matias Rouvali is known for his extremely physical
and organic interpretations: ‘Music unmistakeably flows from him,’
commented The Sunday Times. This was evident when, at a very young age,
he stepped in to conduct a concert with the Finnish Radio Symphony
Orchestra which began the journey to his first tenure as Chief Conductor
with the Tampere Philharmonic; a meteoric rise to a career working at
the highest musical level internationally; and a third post as Principal
Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London.
When Bachtrack asked him how he shapes the
orchestral sound, he replied: ‘I sing it, I move my hands the way I
want it (…) the conductor should be able to show tempo somewhere in the
body (…) I was also a drum kit player, so my feet and hands can do
different things at the same time. When you read the score, you sing it
in your head (…) I think it’s the sense of inside groove that you get
from playing percussion which is very important in Sibelius’s music .’
In the Gothenburg Symphony he finds a
prestigious cohort of musicians with an impressive discography, and
joins a line of their illustrious musical directors,
notably Neeme Järvi, the orchestra’s principal conductor from 1982 to
2004, but also Gustavo Dudamel, who is honorary conductor. From season
2019-2020 Barbara Hannigan and Christoph Eschenbach have been nominated
first guest conductors.
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