Illustrious violinist Maxim Vengerov will perform Tchaikovsky’s Concerto under the baton of Israeli-Danish conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Passionate and fiercely virtuosic in equal measure, this work bears witness to the Russian composer’s newfound fervour following a dark period. Meanwhile, Austrian composer Zemlinsky’s orchestral fantasy The Mermaid, loosely based on Andersen’s tale, depicts in colourful episodes this heroine’s vain quest for love.
Tchaïkovski, Concerto pour violon en ré majeur, op. 35
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Zemlinsky, Die Seejungfrau [The Mermaid] (40 min.)
