Berlioz, Brahms, Stravinsky and Ravel
19:30 Sat 29 Nov 2014 Main Auditorium
James Ehnes performs Brahms’s ever-popular Violin Concerto.
James Ehnes performs Brahms’s ever-popular Violin Concerto.
Programme
- Beatrice and Benedict – overture
- Violin Concerto in D major
- Symphony in Three Movements
- La valse
Performers
- Nicholas CollonConductor
- James EhnesViolin
Concert Information
Berlioz’s fizzing comedy overture and Stravinksy’s pulsating Symphony in Three Movements frame the pure, sunlit song of Brahms’s ever-popular Violin Concerto, written on a summer holiday in the Austrian Alps. It’s played tonight by the brilliant Canadian James Ehnes, making a welcome return to The Bridgewater Hall. Ravel’s seductive La Valse completes the programme.
Preview, 6.30pm
Nicholas Collon in conversation with the BBC Philharmonic’s General Manager Simon Webb.
