Salonen Leads Smith & Sibelius

From birdsong to birthdays, nature’s ritual communications and celebrations take center stage in a program that contemplates our feathered friends. LA Phil Creative Director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads Sibelius’ surging and soaring swan-inspired Fifth Symphony—a piece commissioned by the Finnish government to honor the composer’s 50th birthday—and the US premiere of Gabriella Smith’s How to Be A Bird.