When it comes to heartfelt emotion, no one can match the genius Tchaikovsky. Join us for his soaring violin concerto and music from the Sleeping Beauty ballet.
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There should be every reason to think of Tchaikovsky as out of touch – he was an aloof personality, full of insecurities – and yet his music cuts to the core with the irresistible impulse of honest emotion.
You can’t help but feel his astonishing gift for melody and great dramatic instincts. In this concert we celebrate his genius with the soaring themes and infectious virtuosity of the Violin Concerto and music from his ballet masterpiece, Sleeping Beauty.
Following the 2008 Elgar festival, Vladimir Ashkenazy has invited Canadian James Ehnes, “a tremendous violinist”, to return to play another great Romantic concerto.
SIBELIUS Finlandia
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty: Suite
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
James Ehnes violin
Pre-concert talk by Robert Murray at 7.15pm in the Northern Foyer (9 and 11 December only).
TEA & SYMPHONY – 10 DECEMBER
Short program: Violin Concerto and Sleeping Beauty Suite.
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Track 1 – TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty: Waltz
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet
DECCA 480 0560
Tracks 2 and 3 TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Boris Belkin, violin, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy
DECCA 467 604-2
Track 4 – SIBELIUS Finlandia
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy
DECCA 466 6872
Audio kindly supplied by Universal Music
Currently available for purchase: Finlandia