BBC Symphony Orchestra
7 Jan 2017, Barbican, London
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BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season Tasmin Little performs Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 2

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Tasmin Little performs Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 2
19:30 Sat 7 Jan 2017 Barbican, London
Tasmin Little performs Szymanowski's Violin Concerto
Tasmin Little performs Szymanowski's Violin Concerto

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Tonight’s programme evokes the soundworld of Central Europe with works by Janáček, Smetana, Szymanowski and a UK premiere by Peter Eötvös, all conducted by Edward Gardner.

The centerpiece of the concert is Polish composer Szymanowski’s joyous Second Violin Concerto with the charismatic Tasmin Little as the soloist. Janáček’s powerful Jealousy and Taras Bulba suite frame two of Smetana’s most popular tone-poems and the first UK performance of composer Peter Eötvös’s 2012 work, inspired by the stillness of an eagle in flight.

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