Ray Chen performs Tchaikovsky
BEAUTY & ROMANCE
Australia’s own star violinist Ray Chen performs Tchaikovsky’s beautiful, poignant Violin Concerto.
Duration
Latecomers might be admitted during a suitable break in the performance and will be guided to first available seats. This concert will conclude at approximately 9:30pm (3pm Thursday).
Pre-Concert
Join us for the pre-concert talk 45 minutes before the performances in the Northern Foyer, by Andrew Bukenya. As part of his talk, Andrew shall be interviewing 50 Fanfares composer, Alice Chance, ahead of the premiere of her commission in this concert.
Program Book
Behind every great piece is a great story. Have a read through the program book to get all the details.
One of the world’s most in-demand violinists performs one of Tchaikovsky’s most loved works.
In Ray Chen’s skilful hands, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is a pure, Romantic experience – ravishing and electrifying.
After a gentle opening, the violin emerges. Blissfully reflective, it delivers one of Tchaikovsky’s most poignant themes. As the music unfolds, the energy intensifies and Tchaikovsky arrives at a triumphant and exhilarating conclusion in the final movement, with the main theme reappearing alongside the full might of the orchestra.
First performed in 1922, after the disruption and heartache of the First World War, Nielsen’s Symphony No.5 captures the light and shade of an uncertain time. Inventive digressions evoke new challenges and ways forward for an uncertain world, with sincere moments of warmth and optimism gleaming through.
Program
ALICE CHANCE Through Changing Landscape*
50 Fanfares Commission
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
NIELSEN Symphony No.5
*Alice Chance's Through Changing Landscape was made possible through the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's 50 Fanfares Project and was commissioned by the Sydney Symphhony Orchestra, supported by Peter Howard.
Artists
DAVID ROBERTSON conductor
RAY CHEN violin
Series Presenting Partner
