Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor
Nicola Benedetti Violin
YOUNG Dance
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major
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“My heart is full, it thirsts to pour itself out in music.” So Tchaikovsky confessed, following the disastrous fallout from his three-week marriage. While convalescing abroad, the composer conceived his breathtaking Violin Concerto. The work was initially declared unplayable but has become a cornerstone of the violin repertoire and a test for any soloist. It will quicken the heart in the hands of the exceptional Nicola Benedetti. Winner of the 2005 BBC Young Musician of the Year, Benedetti’s confidence, physicality and willingness to take risks are ideally matched to Tchaikovsky’s dizzyingly demanding score… {more below}
