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TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
SCHOLES Bonk for Percussion and Orchestra (World Premiere)
BRAHMS Symphony No 1
DMITRI SITKOVETSKY Conductor
BAIBA SKRIDE Violin
BRUCE McKINNON Percussion
Tchaikovsky’s much-loved Violin Concerto, written during the spring of 1878 in Switzerland after an Italian sojourn, displays eloquent lyricism and southern warmth. Brahms, conscious of the comparison, was not pleased when conductor Hans von Bülow praised the C minor Symphony as “Beethoven’s Tenth”. Guaranteed a future by its muscularity, performances of Brahms’s First underline the truth of contemporary critical assessment in Vienna, which reported it to be “an inexhaustible fountain of sincere pleasure”.
Dates and VenuesChristchurchWednesday 21 May 6.30pm Town Hall WellingtonFriday 23 May 6.30pm Michael Fowler Centre NapierThursday 29 May 8pm Municipal Theatre AucklandFriday 30 May 6.30pm Town Hall There is also Series 1 in Wellington and Auckland. View details |
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