Browse: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra)

Svanevit (Swanwhite) is a Symbolist fairy tale, relatively sunlit and delicate…Segerstam conducts with the measured, grave pace and detail that characterises the rest of this series — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 More…

Mustonen’s Second Symphony awakens gradually, moving as a flower turning its head to the sun. The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra yawns and stretches, and we’re halfway through the first movement... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 3 out of 5 stars More…

There may be a musical pigeonhole into which Leif Segerstam can be fitted, but if so, it’s one of the strangest objects in the known universe…[his Brahms] has a generous, expansive, warmly expressive... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Segerstam’s sure pacing ensures that this performance never flags, while ensuring room to breathe in poetic moments…Jussi Myllys is an admirably clear-voiced Jesus, and Hanna-Leena Haapämaki... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Segerstam's often daringly spacious conception absorbingly complements Vanska's splendid Lahti accont - diehard Sibelians will, I fancy, want to have both - while Turku PO member Mikaela Palmu... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2015 More…

The lesser pieces here are all attractive...Segerstam has become one of the very finest Sibelius conductors, and his Turku orchestra rightly plays as if these were all major works, making this... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Segerstam directs with his customary big heart and acute sensitivity for texture and mood. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2015 More…