Northern myths and southern passion unite for the Southbank’s BBC Concert Orchestra: Sibelius & Piazzolla.

When: June 12. 7.30pm

Where: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank

Age: 7 plus

Ticket price: From £15. This excludes a £3.50 booking fee. Book as early as you can to ensure the best choice of tickets. Ticket prices may be adjusted without notice to reflect demand.

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Running time: 2 hours approximately

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A swan sings sadly on a dark river; a northern sunrise blazes across an icy landscape. 

Meanwhile, an ocean away, the Argentinian tango-master Astor Piazzolla sings the sorrows of a nation. 

The BBC Concert Orchestra and Anna-Maria Helsing unite north and south, nature and humanity: the elemental force of Sibelius’ Finnish myths, and the hopes and fears of our own era. 

Tying it all together is the bandonéon, the extraordinary Argentinian instrument that’s been described as the soul of the tango – and in the hands of the Finnish virtuoso Henrik Sandås, there’s no emotion it can’t lay bare. 

Tonight Sandås premieres a dazzling new showpiece by Johan Ullén – a tango that imagines a whole sensuous world dancing on the edge of the abyss. 

Sounds extraordinary? Just wait till you hear him play it…

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