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The December programme includes two symphonies which represent their composers? final thoughts. The Seventh Symphony of Sibelius compresses symphonic form and a powerful journey into a concentrated 21-minute span. After this symphony appeared in 1924, Sibelius published nothing further, but an eighth symphony existed in sketches which went on the bonfire, leaving the one-movement Seventh in awesome finality.
By contrast Elgar?s Third Symphony was begun late in life and left as a bundle of sketches when the composer died, which fortunately didn?t reach the bonfire, allowing Anthony Payne to elaborate them into a performing edition.
Saint-Saën?s Third violin concerto is considered one of his best-known works and was premiered in October 1880 in Hamburg when the composer was 55 years old.

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Fore Street,

Cripplegate,

London,

Greater London,

England,

EC2Y 8DA.